# AD 74-16-04: Restricted Elevator Travel

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 65-B80, C90 and E90
- Effective: August 6, 1974
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-1908
- Registered aircraft: 377 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/11352B30784EDF5E86256A08006E84E7.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-16-04

## The airworthiness directive

74-16-04 BEECH: Amendment 39-1908. Applies to Models 65-B80 (Serial Numbers LD-452 through LD-468), C90 (Serial Numbers LJ-552 through LJ-588) and E90 (Serial Numbers LW-1 through LW-56) airplanes.

Compliance: Required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To prevent restricted elevator travel, within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, accomplish the following:

Install a MS20365-428 self-locking nut on the threaded portion of each of the four elevator control stop bolts in accordance with the attached sketch and Part I of Beechcraft Service Instruction 0618-152 or subsequent revisions or by any equivalent method of compliance approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Central Region.

This amendment becomes effective August 6, 1974.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 3A20](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A20): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 3 of 22 models: 65-B80, E90, C90

## 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: 377 (377 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 376, Raytheon 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech C90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90): 216 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech E-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90): 145 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80): 15 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raytheon E90](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-e90): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-16-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-16-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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