# AD 47-51-07: Landing Gear Drag Strut

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Airlift International C-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46R, C-46E, C-46A, C-46D, C-46E, C-46F, C-46A, C-46D, C-46F and 3 more
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 7 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/12D871EB6B249C12862569A70069916D.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-51-07

## The airworthiness directive

47-51-07 CURTISS-WRIGHT Applies to all C-46 Series aircraft.

Compliance required not later than March 1, 1948, and each 1,000 hours of operation thereafter.

Inspect the landing gear drag strut support structure inside nacelle to determine if landing gear drag strut No. 20-720-1018 attaching bolts at the 70 percent spar have loosened and if angle assembly 20-720-1024-1 and bulkhead assemblies 20-720-1021-1 and 20-720-1023-6 are loose. All defective parts, loose or sheared attachment rivets should be replaced and loose bolts tightened.

To accomplish the above, it is necessary to remove one outer panel or provide an access door in order to gain access to the interior of the center panel.

(Curtiss-Wright Service Information Letter No. 735 dated August 20, 1947, covers an acceptable wing panel door installation.)

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 2A5](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A5): Tempo Design Corporation; names 2 of 2 models: C-46/CW20-T, Super C-46/CW20-T
- [TCDS 3A2](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A2): Airlift International Inc.; names 1 of 4 models: C-46R

## 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: 7 (7 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Curtiss Wright 7

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Curtiss Wright C-46F](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46f): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Curtiss Wright C-46A](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Curtiss Wright C-46D](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46d): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Curtiss Wright C-46R](https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46r): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-51-07/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-51-07/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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