AD 47-47-12

Airworthiness directive · Carburetor Antiswirl Vanes · Sky Enterprises RC-3

Model
RC-3
Data sheet
TCDSA-769
Registered aircraft
126 matched by model
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed May 30, 2024.

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The airworthiness directive

47-47-12 REPUBLIC: (Was Mandatory Note 12 of AD-769-2.) Applies to RC-3 Aircraft Serial Numbers 5 Through 1035 Inclusive Except the Following Which Have Been Modified at the Factory: 767, 915, 948, 949, 957, 959 Through 999 Inclusive, 1004 Through 1010 Inclusive, 1014, 1019 Through 1025 Inclusive. Serial 1036 and up Have Been Modified at the Factory Prior to Delivery.

Compliance required not later than December 31, 1947.

To prevent excessive drop-off in engine r.p.m. when carburetor heat is used, anti-swirl vanes, Republic P/N 17P 68014-20 must be installed in the air duct below the carburetor.

(Republic Seabee Service Bulletin No. 18 dated August 26, 1947, covers this same subject.)

Affected TCDS · 1

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft · 126

Registered aircraft whose airframe or engine model this AD names. Matched by model only, so check each against the AD’s applicability.

By aircraft maker
  • Republic122 aircraft
  • Downer2 aircraft
  • Republic Aviation Corp USA1 aircraft
  • Simuflight Seattle-1-Stol1 aircraft
By year built
19461962
Registered aircraft by year built: 93 aircraft
194619
194773
19621

33 with no year recorded

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