# AD 80-02-08: Rudder Balance Attach Bolts

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Augustair 2150 and 2150A
- Effective: January 21, 1980
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-3664
- Registered aircraft: 109 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0A4FE96CAD4F1CD5862569AF00767DA0.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-02-08

## The airworthiness directive

80-02-08 VARGA AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Morrisey): Amendment 39-3664. Applies to Varga Model 2150 and 2150A series airplanes certificated in all categories. Compliance required within the next ten (10) hours' time in service from the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. To prevent jamming of the rudder cables on the rudder balance weight attach bolts, accomplish the following:

  (a) Remove the two bolts attaching the rudder balance weight to the static balance arm and reinstall these bolts head downward, as shown in Figure 1 of this AD.

  (b) Alternative inspections, modifications or other actions which provide an equivalent level of safety may be used when approved by the Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division, FAA Western Region.

This amendment becomes effective January 21, 1980.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 4A19](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A19): Augustair Inc.; names 2 of 3 models: 2150, 2150A

## 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: 109 (109 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Varga 86, Morrisey 22, Morrisey-Shinn 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Varga 2150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/varga-2150a): 86 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Morrisey 2150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/morrisey-2150a): 18 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Morrisey 2150](https://openairdocs.org/model/morrisey-2150): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Morrisey-Shinn 2150-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/morrisey-shinn-2150-a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-02-08/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/80-02-08/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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