# AD 87-02-08: Stabilator Hinge Assemblies - Type: Airworthiness directive - Status: Current - Products: Textron 19A, 23, A23, A23-19, A23-24, A23A, A24, A24R, B19, B23, B24R, C23 and 2 more - Effective: March 4, 1987 - Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD - Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane - Amendment: 39-5568 - Registered aircraft: 1,525 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs) - FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FA44D3CFB319A3B0862569B300528B96.0001 - DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-02-08 ## The airworthiness directive 87-02-08 BEECH: Amendment 39-5568. Applies to the following serial-numbered airplanes certificated in any category: MODEL SERIAL NUMBERS A23-19, 19A, M19A and B19 MB-1 thru MB-520 B19 Sport 150 MB-521 thru MB-905 23, A23, A23A, B23, C23 M-1 thru M-1361 C23 Sundowner 180 M-1362 thru M-2156, M-2158 thru M- 2392 A23-24, A24 MA-1 thru MA-368 A24R MC-2 thru MC-95 A24R, B24R, C24R Sierra 200 MC-96 thru MC-795 Compliance: Required prior to further flight on all airplanes and each 100 hours time-in- service (TIS) thereafter for normal and utility category airplanes, and each 25 hours TIS thereafter for acrobatic category airplanes, unless already accomplished. To preclude failure of the fasteners securing the stabilator hinge assemblies and subsequent loss of pitch control, accomplish the following: (a) Visually inspect the fasteners securing the stabilator hinge assemblies to the fuselage for looseness or failure in accordance with the "ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS" in Beech Service Bulletin No. 2182, issued February 1987. (b) If any fasteners are found loose or failed when conducting the inspections required in paragraph (a) above, prior to further flight, replace all fasteners securing both the right and left hinge assemblies to the fuselage in accordance with the above-referenced service bulletin. (c) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a location where this AD may be accomplished. (d) An equivalent method of compliance with this AD may be used when approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Central Region, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209. All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the document(s) referred to herein upon request to Beech Aircraft Corporation, Commercial Service Department, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201; or may examine the document(s) referred to herein at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Room 1558, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. This amendment becomes effective on March 4, 1987, to all persons except those to whom it has already been made effective by priority letter from the FAA dated January 27, 1987, and is identified as AD 87-02-08. ## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs) The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names. - [TCDS A1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 14 of 14 models: A23-24, M19A, A24R, A24, A23, A23-19, B23, B19… ## 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: 1,525 (1,525 by airframe model, 0 by engine model) - Makers: Beech 1,525 Models with the most aircraft: - [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23): 456 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech C24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r): 176 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23): 147 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19): 145 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24): 121 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r): 117 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23): 85 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A23-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19): 72 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23): 62 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A23A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a): 51 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech A24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r): 49 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech 19A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a): 41 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech B-19 SPORT](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-19-sport): 2 aircraft (airframe model) - [Beech C 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-23): 1 aircraft (airframe model) All 14 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-02-08/models.md Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/87-02-08/aircraft.md Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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