# AD 47-07-05: Torque Tube

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Fairchild Hiller M-62A, M-62A-3, M-62A-4, M-62B and M-62C
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 219 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/63C76F401D6C2F5586256A38004EE7AF.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-07-05

## The airworthiness directive

47-07-05 FAIRCHILD: (Was Mandatory Note 7 of AD-724-2.) Applies to M-62 Series Aircraft.

Compliance required at next periodic inspection.

In order to eliminate the possibility of foreign objects entering the torque tube, install a boot at the point where the elevator control enters the torque tube in the front cockpit, and where the control stick enters the torque tube bracket in the rear cockpit. Also install cover plates on the sides of the torque tube bracket in the rear cockpit.

(Fairchild Service Bulletin 44-62-5 dated October 10, 1944, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-724](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-724): Fairchild Hiller Corporation; names 5 of 5 models: M-62B, M-62A, M-62A-4, M-62A-3, M-62C

## 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: 219 (219 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Fairchild 216, Fairchild Funk 3

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Fairchild M-62A](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a): 116 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild M-62A-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a-3): 56 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild M-62C(PT-23A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62c-pt-23a): 32 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild M-62A-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62a-4): 10 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild Funk M62C F-23A](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-funk-m62c-f-23a): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild PT-26 M62A3](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-pt-26-m62a3): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Fairchild M-62B](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-m-62b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 7 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-07-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-07-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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