# AD 69-05-05: Power Lever Travel

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Pilatus PC-6/B-H2 and PC-6/B1-H2
- Effective: March 12, 1969
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-732
- Registered aircraft: 2 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/B1D6DF7C01B82FB186256A45006C0CE9.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-05

## The airworthiness directive

69-05-05 PILATUS: Amdt. 39-732. Applies to Model PC-6/B-H2 and PC-6/B1-H2 airplanes. Compliance required within the next 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. Check the travel of the knurled friction nut on the power control lever assembly to determine if it exceeds 3/4 of a turn. If travel exceeds 3/4 of a turn, install shim(s) of adequate thickness, or drill a new hole and insert a new cotter pin, in accordance with Pilatus Service Bulletin No. 85 dated July 1968 or later Swiss Federal Air Office-approved issue or an FAA- approved equivalent. This amendment becomes effective March 12, 1969.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A15): Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.; names 2 of 15 models: PC-6/B-H2, PC-6/B1-H2

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 2 (2 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Pilatus 2

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2](https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b1-h2): 2 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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