# AD 69-06-06: Rudder Spar - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Textron 65-80, 65-88, 65-90, 65-A80, 65-A80-8800, 65-A90, 65-B80, 99, 99A, 99A (FACH), A99, A99A and 3 more - Effective: June 3, 1971 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane - Amendment: 39-1222 - Registered aircraft: 191 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E8E510FFD113731A86256E0100547039.0001 - DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-06-06 ## The airworthiness directive 69-06-06 BEECHCRAFT: Amendment 39-740 as amended by Amendment 39-757 is further amended by Amendment 39-1222. Applies to Models 65-80, 65-A80, 65-A80-8800 and 65-B80 (Serial Numbers LD-1 through LD-398); 65-88 (Serial Numbers LP-1 through LP-47); 65-90, 65-A90 and B90 (Serial Numbers LJ-1 through LJ-428); and all 99 series airplanes (Serial Numbers U-1 through U-62) with 250 hours' or more time-in- service. Compliance required as indicated. To detect cracks in the rudder spar, within the next 50 hours' time-in-service after the effective date of this airworthiness directive, unless already accomplished, and thereafter at intervals of not to exceed 300 hours' time- in-service from the date of the last inspection, accomplish the following: (A) Inspect visually the rudder spar web, in the area under and adjacent to the upper and center hinge attach points. (B) If a crack is found during an inspection required by Paragraph (A), before further flight, accomplish thefollowing: (1) Modify the rudder spar web in accordance with the method contained in Beechcraft Instructions No. 0101-135, or any other method approved as an equivalent by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Central Region; or (2) Replace the rudder spar with one that has been modified in accordance with Paragraph (B)(1) of this airworthiness directive. (C) When either the modification or replacement described in Paragraph (B) of this airworthiness directive has been accomplished, the inspections required by this airworthiness directive are no longer required. Amendment 39-740 became effective March 26, 1969. Amendment 39-757 became effective April 29, 1969. This Amendment 39-1222 becomes effective June 3, 1971. ## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS 3A20](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A20): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 8 of 22 models: B90, 65-A80-8800, 65-B80, 65-A80, 65-88, 65-A90, 65-90, 65-80 - [TCDS A14CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 6 of 12 models: A99, A99A, C99, B99, 99A, 99 ## 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: 191 (191 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Beech 191 Models with the most aircraft: - [Beech C-99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99): 54 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90): 34 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90): 29 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99): 23 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80): 15 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 99A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99a): 11 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-90): 7 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B-99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-99): 6 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-A80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-88](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-88): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-A80-8800](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80-8800): 3 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 65-80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A99](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a99): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 13 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-06-06/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-06-06/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.