# AD 74-18-13: Nose Gear Vibration

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-32-260 and PA-32-300
- Effective: September 3, 1974
- Published: August 28, 1974
- Issued: August 19, 1974
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-1939
- Registered aircraft: 1,642 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7F3E0ACB653836FE8625699900513D2C.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-18-13

## The airworthiness directive

74-18-13 PIPER: Amendment 39-1939. Applies to Model PA-32-260 Serial Numbers 32-7400001 through 32-7400050 and Model PA-32-300 Serial Numbers 32-7440001 through 32- 7440086 and 32-7440088 through 32-7440160, certificated in all categories.

Compliance required within the next 50 hours time in service from the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished.

To prevent excessive nose gear vibration install Piper Kit No. 760885V in accordance with Piper Service Bulletin No. 428 or an equivalent modification approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region.

Upon request of the operator, an FAA maintenance inspector, subject to prior approval of the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation, Southern Region, may adjust the compliance time specified in this AD to permit compliance at an established inspection period of the operator if the request contains substantiation to justify theincrease for that operator.

This amendment becomes effective September 3, 1974.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [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: 1,642 (1,642 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 1,642

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 992 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 650 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-18-13/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/74-18-13/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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