# AD 47-43-04: Rudder Control Cable Horns

- 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- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD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/11B2C82DDC31E9B286256A3400607CE0.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-43-04

## The airworthiness directive

47-43-04 CESSNA: (Was Service Note 2 of AD-768-5.) Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 12349, Inclusive.

Inspection required upon each 100 hours of operation until horns are reinforced.

Remove the forward part of the tunnel fairing on the cockpit floor and inspect the control cable horns on the rudder bar for signs of bending which probably is caused by excessive foot pressure during application or release of the parking brakes and results in a reduction of the rudder travel. Bent parts which can be straightened without cracking should be reinforced by the installation of Cessna P/N 0411303 or its equivalent. Cracked parts should be replaced with Cessna P/N 0310168 made of 0.080-inch steel.

(Cessna Service Letter No. 43 dated July 7, 1947, covers this same subject.)

## 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/47-43-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-43-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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