- Model
- 240 Series
- Data sheet
- TCDSA-793
- Product
- Aircraft · Large airplane
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The airworthiness directive
48-50-04 CONVAIR: Applies to All Model 240 Aircraft.
Compliance required by May 1, 1949.
1. Install steel nose gear upper centering cam, Bendix P/N 157627 in lieu of bronze cam.
2. Install main nose landing gear shock strut bearing and packing nut lock pins, in six places, Bendix P/N 54201 in lieu of lock rings.
3. Rework nose gear steering mechanism.
4. Install nose gear centering guides in nose wheel well. (Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp. Service Bulletin Nos. 240-104A, -161, -162A, -167, and -201; CVAC Service Information Letter No. 310, and Bendix Service Bulletin No. L. G. 504, also cover these same subjects.)
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The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.