# AD 75-16-02: Rudder Nose Gear

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-31P and PA-31T
- Effective: July 29, 1975
- Published: July 25, 1975
- Issued: July 14, 1975
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2270
- Registered aircraft: 127 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/16A78FC9FFCB49EE86256999005147DC.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-16-02

## The airworthiness directive

75-16-02 PIPER: Amendment 39-2270. Applies to Models PA-31P, Serial Nos. 31P-1 through 31P-7530019 and PA-31T, Serial Nos. 31T-400002 through 31T-7520022 certificated in all categories except aircraft incorporating Piper Kit No. 76-923, Rudder and Nose Gear Steering Cable Replacement or equivalent.

To prevent possible hazards in flight associated with restricted rudder travel due to rudder nose gear steering cable entwinement, accomplish the following:

1. Within the next fifty hours in service from the effective date of this AD, replace the existing rudder nose gear steering cable installation in accordance with the instructions and parts contained in Piper Kit No. 760-923, Rudder and Nose Gear Steering Cable Replacement or equivalent.

2. Equivalent replacement must be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Eastern Region.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 446 refers to this subject.)

This supersedes Amendment, AD 72-26-2.

This amendment is effective July 29, 1975.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A8EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A8EA): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 2 of 6 models: PA-31T, PA-31P

## 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: 127 (127 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 127

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-31T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t): 87 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-31P](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p): 40 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-16-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-16-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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