# AD 69-15-01: Control Wheel Retaining Pin

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-28-180, PA-28-235, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-32-260 and PA-32-300
- Effective: July 21, 1969
- Published: July 17, 1969
- Issued: July 9, 1969
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-796
- Registered aircraft: 7,765 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/81D4C43B4CE2B1A2862569990050814B.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-15-01

## The airworthiness directive

69-15-01 PIPER: Amdt. 39-796. Applies to the following models: PA-28-180/-235, PA- 28R-180/-200, and PA-32-260/-300. The following are affected serial numbers:

PA-28-180, Serial Nos. 28-4378 through 28-5406 PA-28-235, Serial Nos. 28-11040 through 28-11257 PA-28R-180, Serial Nos. 28-30005 through 28-31095 PA-28R-200, Serial Nos. 28-35001 through 28-35265 PA-32-260, Serial Nos. 32-1111 through 32-1165 PA-32-300, Serial Nos. 32-40566 through 32-40715

Compliance required within the next 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent control wheel retaining pin from dislodging, install a self-tapping steel screw adjacent to the retaining pin for each control wheel in accordance with Piper Service Bulletin No. 295, or equivalent approved by Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Southern Region.

This amendment becomes effective 21 July 1969.

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 4 of 18 models: PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28-180, PA-28-235
- [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 2 of 13 models: PA-32-300, PA-32-260

## 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: 7,765 (7,765 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 7,764, Piper/Valdes-Ervin 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180): 3,504 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200): 1,223 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 992 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235): 859 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 650 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180): 536 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper/Valdes-Ervin PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-valdes-ervin-pa-28-235): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 7 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-15-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-15-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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