# AD 46-44-01: Rudder Stop Bolts

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Cessna 120 and 140
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 2,265 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0FC71D789528393B86256A34005FE0F2.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-01

## The airworthiness directive

46-44-01 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 1 of AD-768-4.) Applies Only to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 9619, Inclusive.

Compliance required prior to January 1, 1947.

Remove the auxiliary rudder stops (two bolts) to eliminate the possibility of the flange of the bellcrank on the rudder bars catching on the bolt heads and locking the system. These bolts are at the center of the cockpit just forward of the rudder pedals. Removal of the fairing which forms a tunnel along the floor from the seat to the pedals is necessary for access to the bolts.

(Cessna Service Letter No. 2-140 covers this.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-768](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-768): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 2 of 2 models: 140, 120

## 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: 2,265 (2,265 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 2,265

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140): 1,605 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120): 660 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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