AD 49-26-01

Airworthiness directive · Trailing Antenna Rework · Textron 35 and A35

Models
35, A35
Data sheet
TCDSA-777
Registered aircraft
425 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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The airworthiness directive

49-26-01 BEECH: Applies to All Models 35 and A35 Airplanes Equipped With an Automatic Reel Trailing Antenna.

Compliance required by January 1, 1950.

Because of reported cases of jamming of the controls due to the rear antenna guide rail being knocked loose by the movable pulley assembly (P/N 1X007) when the antenna wire was broken or came loose in flight, the following should be accomplished:

(1) Tack a plywood block to the wood antenna strip in the aft section of the fuselage, with 3/4 inch No. 18 flathead nails. The rear end of the block should be at least 1 1/4 inches forward of the centerline of the aft pulley.

(2) Stretch a rubber bumper ring over the block.

(Beech Service Bulletin Model 35 No. 13 and Model A-35 No. 4 dated March 15, 1949, covers this same subject.)

Affected TCDS · 1

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Registered aircraft · 425

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19471962
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1947171
1948117
194942
19531
19551
19571
19621

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