# AD 47-07-06: Vertical Fin Attachment

- 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- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD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/47283B258A9E3A4886256A38004EEA11.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-07-06

## The airworthiness directive

47-07-06 FAIRCHILD: (Was Mandatory Note 8 of AD-724-2.) Applies to M-62 Series Aircraft.

Compliance required at next periodic inspection.

In order to reinforce the forward attachment of the vertical fin, trim the leading edge as required and install bracket, Fairchild P/N 66317 and either maple filler block, Fairchild P/N SK- 2089-1, or blocks, Fairchild P/N 66300-22 and 66300-23.

(Fairchild Service Bulletin 44-62-1 dated October 31, 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/47-07-06/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-07-06/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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