# AD 47-06-10: Aileron Carry-Through Bar

- 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- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD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/A8E059156DAD2B4186256A3400606833.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-06-10

## The airworthiness directive

47-06-10 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 6 of AD-768-4.) Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers Up to and Including 9669.

Compliance required prior to April 1, 1947.

Install carry-through bar between the ends of the aileron control chain that is installed at the top of the control "T" to make a continuous loop at this chain installation so that both control wheels operate positively in the same direction. This is necessary to prevent possible locking of aileron system at full throw.

(Cessna Service Letter No. 17 dated September 19, 1946, covers this same subject.)

## 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/47-06-10/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-06-10/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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