AD 49-04-01

Airworthiness directive · Aileron Chain · Textron 35, 35-33, 35-A33 and 4 more

Models
35, 35-33, 35-A33, 35-B33, 35-C33, 35-C33A, 35R
Registered aircraft
1,077 matched by model
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed January 21, 2026.

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49-04-01 BEECH: Applies to Model 35 Serial Numbers D-1 to D-1300, Except D-69, D- 315, D-356, D-754, D-827, D-1117, D-1120, D-1201, D-1251, D-1274, D-1278, D-1285, D-1289, D-1290, D-1291, D-1293, D-1295, D-1296, D-1298 and D-1299.

To be accomplished at next 100-hour inspection but not later than May 1, 1949.

Remove aileron control wheel drive chain assembly from the control arm of the specified aircraft, which have not had the chain replaced by Beech facilities, and visually inspect the pin through each link for proper up-set heads on each end of the pin. Chains having end ferrules dyed green have been replaced by Beech facilities and need not be inspected.

(Beech Service Bulletin No. 35-8, revised January 3, 1949, covers this same subject.)

Affected TCDS · 2

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft · 1,077

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  • Beech1,077 aircraft
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19471967
Registered aircraft by year built: 913 aircraft
1947174
194837
19531
19551
195914
1960113
196181
196290
196377
196463
1965104
1966111
196747

164 with no year recorded

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