These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) PA28 and PA32 Series…
Feb 5, 1996
Airframe (PA-32-300)Only with: Equipped with oil cooler hose assemblies that do not meet TSO-C53a, Type D requirements.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (4)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
Fuel · pump · failedNov 28, 2000
DURING TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY LOST POWER WHEN FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS SHUT OFF. FUEL FLOW REDUCED BY 8 GPH. AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THE FUEL FLOW RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THE ENGINE RECOVERED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. GROUND TESTING REVEALED THE ENGINE DRIVEN PUMP WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Propellers · bulkhead · crackedApr 27, 1999
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, NOTED A CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FORWARD SPINNER BULKHEAD TO ONE OF THE NUT PLATES AND CONTINUING ANOTHER .50 INCH FORWARD. THIS IS THE SECOND BULKHEAD INSTALLED ON THIS AIRCRAFT IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS DUE TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE MOUNTING OF THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Flight controls · control cable · frayedApr 27, 1999
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE FORWARD TRIM CABLE WAS FOUND FRAYED IN THE AREA THAT PASSES THROUGH THE ELECTRIC TRIM SERVO. PIPER SB NR 669 HAD BEEN C/W BY INSTALLATION OF PIPER ELECTRIC TRIM PULLEY ALIGNMENT KIT P/N 763-971 DURING THE LIFE OF THE CABLE. A CLOSE VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE TRIM SERVO…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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Flight controls · trim pulley · splitDec 11, 1995
DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND TRIM CABLE TENSION AT ZERO. RECORDS REVEALED TRIM CABLES HAD BEEN ADJUSTED TO PROPER TENSION AT THE PREVIOUS 100-HOUR INSPECTION. FOUND THE 1.25 INCH DIAMETER PULLEY ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE TOP OF THE TAIL CONE JUST BELOW THE DORSEL FIN, WAS SPLIT IN TWO.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.