AD 75-04-09

Airworthiness directive · Landing Gear Actuator · Mooney M20C, M20E and M20F

Effective
March 20, 1975
Models
M20C, M20E, M20F
Data sheet
TCDS2A3
Registered aircraft
2,831 matched by model
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane
Amendment
39-2127

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed May 30, 2024.

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75-04-09 MOONEY: Amendment 39-2091 as amendment by Amendment 39-2127. Applies to Models M20C, M20E, and M20F airplanes manufactured after October 1974 with the following serial numbers on which the landing gear actuator, P/N LA11C2110, manufactured by International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, is installed:

Model M20C: 20-0037, 0038, 0039, 0040, 0041, 0042, 0043, 0044, 0045, and 0046;

Model M20E: 21-0050, 0051, 0052, 0053, 0054, 0055, 0056, 0057, 0058, 0059, and 0060;

Model M20F: 22-0065, 0066, 0067, 0068, 0069, 0070, 0071, 0072, 0073, 0074, 0075, 0076, 0077, and 0078.

Compliance is required prior to further flight except that airplanes may be flown to a facility for actuator replacement after fixing the landing gear in the extended position in accordance with instructions included in Mooney Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin M20-191, dated January 28, 1975, or later FAA approved revision, or an FAA approved equivalent procedure.

To prevent further failures, replace the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation P/N LA11C2110 landing gear actuator with a Mooney Aircraft Corporation P/N 950227-501 landing gear actuator in accordance with Mooney Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin M20-191, dated January 28, 1975, or later FAA approved revision, or by an equivalent procedure approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.

Amendment 39-2091 became effective on February 20, 1975.

This amendment 39-2127 becomes effective on March 20, 1975.

Affected TCDS · 1

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1962140
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1965395
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1967311
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19731
197476
1975104
197680
197714
19785

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