# AD 47-50-04: Elevator Push-Pull Tube

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Stinson Division L-5, L-5B, L-5C, L-5D, L-5E, L-5E-1 and L-5G
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 130 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/592FCCEE184CDE6786256A56005CB756.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-50-04

## The airworthiness directive

47-50-04 STINSON: Applies to L-5 Series Aircraft.

Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than March 1, 1948.

To prevent loss of elevator control, the elevator push-pull tube assemblies, P/N 76-62204, should be inspected for security and proper staking of nut which secures rod end and D-4 bearing in housing P/N 76-62206. If there is no cotter pin securing this nut, it should be staked to the rod in at least three places.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-764](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-764): Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Stinson Division; names 7 of 7 models: L-5B, L-5D, L-5C, L-5, L-5E, L-5E-1, L-5G

## 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: 130 (130 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Stinson 125, Consolidated 2, Stinson-Vultee/Hahn/Baxter 1, Stinson/Nightingale 1, Stinson/Wilbur 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Stinson L-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5): 72 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson L-5G](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5g): 22 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson L-5E](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5e): 20 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson L-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5b): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson L-5E-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5e-1): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Consolidated L5](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-l5): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Consolidated L5E1](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-l5e1): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson/Nightingale L-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-nightingale-l-5): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson L-5C](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-l-5c): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson/Wilbur L-5G](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-wilbur-l-5g): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson-Vultee/Hahn/Baxter L-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-vultee-hahn-baxter-l-5): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 11 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-50-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-50-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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