# AD 49-31-02: Fuel Placard

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Sky Enterprises RC-3
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 126 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/8814EEF7B99F352386256A560066C9B1.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/49-31-02

## The airworthiness directive

49-31-02 REPUBLIC: Applies to All Model RC-3 Airplanes.

Compliance required not later than October 1, 1949.

In order to eliminate the possibility of engine failures resulting from fuel starvation due to incorrect procedures of checking the fuel tank capacity, the following placard must be installed in the vicinity of the fuel tank filler neck:

"WARNING - Do not check fuel with engine running, or within 5 minutes after shutdown. Always insert stick with calibrated side facing ground."

(Republic Service Bulletin No. 23, dated June 3, 1949, covers the same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-769](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-769): Sky Enterprises Inc.; names 1 of 1 models: RC-3

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 126 (126 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Republic 122, Downer 2, Republic Aviation Corp USA 1, Simuflight Seattle-1-Stol 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Republic RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3): 122 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Downer RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-rc-3): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Republic Aviation Corp USA SEABEE RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-aviation-corp-usa-seabee-rc-3): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Simuflight Seattle-1-Stol RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/simuflight-seattle-1-stol-rc-3): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/49-31-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/49-31-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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