# AD 47-43-02: Fuel Selector Valve Handle

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Cessna 120 and 140
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 2,265 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/14A671F7545646C386256A3400607845.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-43-02

## The airworthiness directive

47-43-02 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 13 of AD-768-5.) Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 8480, Inclusive.

Compliance required prior to January 1, 1948.

To eliminate the possibility of confusion in the operation of the fuel selector valve, remove the embossed pointer from the selector valve handle and ascertain that the selector valve handle and ascertain that the selector valve handle is installed so that the handle indicates correctly the position of the selector valve as shown by the valve placard.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-768](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-768): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 2 of 2 models: 140, 120

## 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: 2,265 (2,265 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 2,265

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140): 1,605 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120): 660 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-43-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-43-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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