# AD 48-50-04: Nose Gear

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Kelowna Flightcraft R & D 240 Series
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0FDE5966F36ED5DA862569AB0067EA79.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-50-04

## 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.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-793](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-793): Kelowna Flightcraft R & D Ltd.; names 1 of 1 models: 240 Series

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.