# AD 48-49-02: Float Wire Brace

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Noorduyn Army UC-64, Army UC-64A, Army UC-64AS and Army UC-64B
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A63CEB9990B1080986256A4500680BAA.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-49-02

## The airworthiness directive

48-49-02 NOORDUYN: Applies to All Army UC-64, -64A, -64AS, and -64B Aircraft. Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than February 1, 1949. On airplanes equipped or about to be equipped with Edo Model 55-7170A floats, the float brace wire plates, P/N 16-31131, must be reinforced in accordance with Noorduyn Service Bulletin No. E5/44, dated August 22, 1944, (obtainable upon request from Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd., Montreal 3, Canada), or Army Air Forces Technical Order No. 01-155CB-13, dated October 9, 1944. Other reinforcements shown to be equivalent to those covered in the Service Bulletin or the Technical Order will also be acceptable.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-2-578](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-2-578): Noorduyn Aviation Ltd.; names 4 of 7 models: Army UC-64B, Army UC-64AS, Army UC-64, Army UC-64A

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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