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AD 57-13-08 ACTIVE

Anti-Retraction Device
Key Information
AD Number 57-13-08 Status Active
Effective Date Not specified Issue Date January 23, 1958
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section --- - _EMPTY_
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Piper Aircraft Inc.
Model(s) PA-23
Regulatory Text

57-13-08 PIPER: Applies to Model PA-23 Serial Numbers 23-1 to 23-729, Inclusive.

Compliance required by September 1, 1957.

To prevent inadvertent retraction of the landing gear due to malfunction of the landing gear hydraulic system, install an antiretraction device (Piper Kit No. 754140 or equivalent) that will prevent start of the retraction cycle and consequent landing gear collapse while the aircraft is on the ground.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 145 of December 31, 1956, covers this subject.)

Office of Primary Responsibility
["AIR-720: Operational Safety Branch"]