AD 46-33-02

Airworthiness directive · Fuselage Bulkhead Flange Stiffener · Swift Museum Foundation GC-1A and GC-1B

Models
GC-1A, GC-1B
Data sheet
TCDSA-766
Registered aircraft
541 matched by model
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed May 30, 2024.

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46-33-02 GLOBE: (Was Mandatory Note 2 of AD-766-5.) Applies to Models GC-1A, GC-1B Aircraft Serial Numbers 3 to 174 Inclusive.

Compliance required prior to October 1, 1946.

Install stiffeners, Globe P/N 11-213-1471-1 R & L, on the flange of the upper bulkhead at fuselage Station 167, with six rivets per stiffener, to prevent the formation of cracks originating at the joggles in the flange outboard of the stabilizer attachment points. Any crack should be stop drilled. If it extends into the web of the bulkhead an 0.040-inch 24ST alclad reinforcing plate extending to the flange should be installed on the web with rivets spaced not more than 3/4 inches apart.

(Globe Customer Service Maintenance Bulletin No. 2 covers this same subject.)

Affected TCDS · 1

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft · 541

Registered aircraft whose airframe or engine model this AD names. Matched by model only, so check each against the AD’s applicability.

By aircraft maker
  • Globe426 aircraft
  • Temco115 aircraft
By year built
19451978
Registered aircraft by year built: 437 aircraft
19451
1946317
19477
194880
194910
195011
19513
19521
19531
19541
19563
19571
19781

104 with no year recorded

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