# AD 75-27-01: Nose and Main Gear Screws

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The D.H. 104 Dove Series 1A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 2A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 5A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 5BA, D.H. 104 Dove Series 6A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 6BA, D.H. 104 Dove Series 7A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 7AXC, D.H. 104 Dove Series 8A and D.H. 104 Dove Series 8AXC
- Effective: January 19, 1976
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2473
- Registered aircraft: 3 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/2C7873D03B3F382B86256A38004976A4.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-27-01

## The airworthiness directive

75-27-01 HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION LTD: Amendment 39-2473. Applies to DH-104 Series airplanes certificated in all categories except those modified in accordance with Hawker Siddeley Modification 1723.

Compliance is required within the next 250 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent cracking of the nose gear and main gear adjusting screws, replace the three adjusting screws, P/N 4U.493, with new adjusting screws, P/N 4U.567, in accordance with paragraph No. 5 of Hawker Siddeley Technical News Sheet No. 231, dated March 19, 1973, or with FAA-approved equivalent parts and procedure.

This amendment becomes effective on January 19, 1976.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-807](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-807): Acro Aeronautical Services Ltd; names 10 of 10 models: D.H. 104 Dove Series 8A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 7A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 1A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 5A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 7AXC, D.H. 104 Dove Series 8AXC, D.H. 104 Dove Series 2A, D.H. 104 Dove Series 5BA…

## 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: 3 (3 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Dehavilland 3

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh104-dove-6a): 3 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-27-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-27-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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