# AD 47-30-01: Lift Strut Wing Attach Fittings

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: American Champion 11AC and 7AC
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 2,687 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D987F81D96875B3B86256A3800526B55.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-30-01

## The airworthiness directive

47-30-01 AERONCA: (Was Mandatory Note 3 of AD-759-3 and Mandatory Note 3 of AD-761-3.) Applies Only to Serial Numbers 7AC-1 to 4795, Inclusive, and 11AC-1 to 11AC- 502, Inclusive.

Compliance required not later than November 1, 1947.

To prevent failure of lift strut wing fitting due to tie-down loads, replace front lift strut wing attachment fittings with Aeronca No. 2-893 fittings. (Aeronca Service Helps and Hints No. 13 dated August 14, 1946, and supplement thereto covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-759](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-759): American Champion Aircraft Corp.; names 1 of 22 models: 7AC
- [TCDS A-761](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-761): American Champion Aircraft Corp.; names 1 of 4 models: 11AC

## 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: 2,687 (2,687 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Aeronca 2,481, Champion 202, American Champion 2, Aeronca/Miller/Delaney 1, Aeronca/Obrien 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Aeronca 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac): 1,878 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aeronca 11AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac): 603 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Champion 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7ac): 144 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Champion AERONCA 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7ac): 58 aircraft (airframe model)
- [American Champion 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7ac): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aeronca/Obrien 7AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-obrien-7ac): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Aeronca/Miller/Delaney 11AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-miller-delaney-11ac): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 7 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-30-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-30-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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