# AD 47-32-17: Landing Gear Inspection Covers

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Bellanca 14-13 and 14-13-2
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 120 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1759CE6CA96AA57F86256A340056E2E6.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-32-17

## The airworthiness directive

47-32-17 BELLANCA: (Was Mandatory Note 7 of AD-773-5.) Applies to Models 14- 13, 14-13-2 Serial Numbers 1060, and Up.

Compliance required prior to October 15, 1947.

Improper positioning of the inspection covers on the top surface of each wing at the landing gear retracting sprocket can cause malfunctioning of the gear retracting mechanism. This cover is held in place by two spring clips, and if the cover is installed with the clips running in a chordwise direction, it is possible that the ends of the clips will bear against the chain and force it off the sprocket, jamming the system. Inspect the covers on your airplane for proper installation, and paint arrows on the cover and wing surface so that the arrows point toward each other when the spring clips run spanwise.

(Bellanca Service Bulletin No. 10 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-773](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-773): Bellanca Aircraft Corporation; names 2 of 4 models: 14-13-2, 14-13

## 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: 120 (120 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Bellanca 120

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Bellanca 14-13-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2): 77 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Bellanca 14-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13): 43 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-32-17/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-32-17/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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