# AD 46-06-02: Master Rod

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Gladden Products Kinner R-5 Series 2
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Engine
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DEB5035981D5FE358625682C0054C495.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-06-02

## The airworthiness directive

46-06-02 KINNER: (Was Mandatory Note 8 of AD-749-1 and Special Note 11 of AM-231.) Applies Only to Jobmaster DGA-18K and Ryan ST-3KR Airplanes With R-5 Series 2 Engines With the Following Serial Numbers: 371, 378, 379, 380, 383, 386, 398, 399, 400, 401, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 411, 413, 414, 415. Install master rod (P/N 835) before exceeding 200 hours total operation with the early type rod. This replacement should preclude further master rod failures and involves the rebalancing of the crankshaft and rod assembly. (Kinner Service Bulletin No. E-1-8 dated July 24, 1942, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS TC 153](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/TC%20153): Gladden Products Corp.; names 1 of 3 models: Kinner R-5 Series 2

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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