# AD 46-04-01: Landing Gear Throttle Stop

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Superior LCA and LFA
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 65 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/7F0B7F30E46E8B9B86256A560066D80D.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-04-01

## The airworthiness directive

46-04-01 CULVER (Was Service Note 7 of AD-730-2.) Applies to LCA and LFA Aircraft.

Inspect immediately and after every 100 hours of operation, the landing gear throttle stop operation and mechanism for proper clearance. Install placard (Culver Dwg. 7132) "Never unlock landing gear with throttle retarded below cruising setting."

(Culver Service Memorandum No. 22 dated October 26, 1945, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-730](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-730): Superior Aircraft Company; names 2 of 2 models: LFA, LCA

## 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: 65 (65 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Culver 65

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Culver LFA](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lfa): 38 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Culver LCA](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-lca): 27 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-04-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-04-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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