# AD 76-19-07: Stabilator Weight Assembly

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-24-250 and PA-24-260
- Effective: September 29, 1976
- Published: September 27, 1976
- Issued: September 15, 1976
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2733
- Registered aircraft: 1,812 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D0CD4E4B8DF399058625699E004A9410.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-19-07

## The airworthiness directive

76-19-07 PIPER: Amendment 39-2733. Applies to Piper Models PA-24-250, Serial Nos. 24-1, 24-103 through 24-3641, and 24-3643 through 24-3687 and PA-24-260, Serial Nos. 24-3642, 24-4000 through 24-5047 certificated in all categories with Piper Kit Number 760 747 Stabilator Modification installed.

To prevent possible hazards in flight associated with cracks occurring in the corners of the balance weight cutout of the stabilator balance weight tube assembly, accomplish the following within the next one hundred hours in service from the effective date of this AD unless previously accomplished.

a. Replace the stabilator balance weight tube assembly in accordance with the directions contained in the "Instructions" section of Piper Service Bulletin Number 496 or approved equivalent replacement.

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

This amendment is effective September 29, 1976.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 2 of 4 models: PA-24-260, PA-24-250

## 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: 1,812 (1,812 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 1,812

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250): 1,222 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260): 590 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-19-07/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-19-07/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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