# AD 47-25-04: Compass Illumination

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Superior V
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 11 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/9355E708CD85DACE86256A5600670D12.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-25-04

## The airworthiness directive

47-25-04 CULVER: (Was Mandatory Note 6 of AD-778-2.) Applies Only to Model V Aircraft Certified for Night Flying.

Compliance required prior to August 15, 1947.

Provide adequate illumination for compass by installing a Lucite reflector, Culver P/N 11850, between the instrument panel and subpanel. The reflector is attached by means of the two upper attachment screws for the compass with its straight end extending to the nearest instrument light bulb. All paint should be scraped off the top half of this bulb. Other means of providing equivalent illumination of the compass are acceptable.

(Culver Service Bulletin No. 14 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-778](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-778): Superior Aircraft Company; names 1 of 2 models: V

## 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: 11 (11 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Culver 11

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Culver V](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-v): 11 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-25-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-25-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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