# AD 71-24-10: Security of Control Wheel - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Textron 35-C33, 35-C33A, 36, 56TC, 58, 95-B55, 95-B55A, 95-C55, 95-C55A, A36, A56TC, D55 and 12 more - Effective: August 1, 1973 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane - Amendment: 39-1693 - Registered aircraft: 7,942 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/19EF1D6AB25A504A86256E01005AD8A5.0001 - DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/71-24-10 ## The airworthiness directive 71-24-10 BEECH: Amendment 39-1350 as amended by Amendment 39-1693. Applies to the following airplanes: 1) Models Serial Numbers Affected 35-C33, E33, F33 CD-1062 thru CD-1254, except CD- 1237 35-C33A, E33A, F33A CE-118 thru CE-346, except CE-324 E33C, F33C CJ-1 thru CJ-30 V35, V35TC, V35A D-8336 thru D-9285, except V35A-TC, V35B, D-9208, -9279, -9280, -9281, V35B-TC 9282 36, A36 E-1 thru E-275 95-B55, 95-B55A TC-1021 thru TC-1397, except TC- 1395, -1396 95-C55, D55, E55 TE-256 thru TE-845, except TE-836, 837 56TC, A56TC TG-1 thru TG-94 58 TH-1 thru TH-170 except TH-135, - 153, -161 D95A, E95 TD-678 thru TD-721 2) Only applicable if altered in service to incorporate P/N 60-524080 series control wheels which have provisions for a clock and light: Models Serial Numbers Affected 35-C33 CD-814 thru CD-1061 35-C33A CE-1 thru CE-117 V35 D-7977 thru D-8335 95-B55, 95-B55A TC-371 and TC-502 thru TC-1020 95-C55, 95-C55A TC-350 and TE-1 thru TE-255 D95A TD-534 thru TD-677 In order to assure security of control wheels, (1) within 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, for those airplanes which do not comply with AD 71-12-04, or (2) within 300 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, for those airplanes which do comply with AD 71-12-04, unless already accomplished, accomplish the following: Ascertain that two Beech inspection stamps can be seen on one tip of each control wheel adapter. (These tips may be seen while looking toward the forward face of control wheel hubs, without disassembly.) If the stamps cannot be seen on an adapter, replace it with either Beech P/N 96-524029-15 (short) or Beech P/N 96-524029-19 (long) control wheel adapters which have the aforementioned stamps, or in the alternative with Beech P/N 96-524029-31 (short) and 96- 524029-33 (long control wheel adapters, or with any equivalent part approved by the Chief, Engineeringand Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Central Region. Beechcraft Service Instruction No. 0254-156, or later revision approved by Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Central Region, pertains to this subject. This AD Amendment 39-1350 supersedes AD 71-12-04. Amendment 39-1350 became effective December 1, 1971. This amendment 39-1693 becomes effective August 1, 1973. ## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS 3A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A15): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 13 of 27 models: 35-C33A, E33A, E33C, V35B, 36, V35, E33, A36… - [TCDS 3A16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A16): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 11 of 21 models: 95-B55, 95-C55A, D55, 58, 95-C55, A56TC, E95, E55… ## 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: 7,942 (7,942 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Beech 7,305, Raytheon 636, Beech/Goedkerj L 1 Models with the most aircraft: - [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 1,907 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a): 978 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b): 913 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a): 774 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58): 726 aircraft (airframe model) - [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 448 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35): 425 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech V35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a): 321 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech E-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55): 215 aircraft (airframe model) - [Raytheon 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58): 188 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 35-C33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33): 185 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 95-C55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55): 158 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech D55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55): 119 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 35-C33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a): 113 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36): 111 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 95-B55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55): 74 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech D95A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a): 73 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech E33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33): 63 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech E33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33a): 51 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 56TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-56tc): 37 aircraft (airframe model) All 28 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/71-24-10/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/71-24-10/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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