# AD 60-09-02: Nose gear bolts

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Univair 415-C, 415-CD, 415-D and F-1
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 1,055 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/146FBBE49D6521A686256A530065E515.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-09-02

## The airworthiness directive

60-09-02 FORNEY: Amdt. 137 Part 507 Federal Register April 30, 1960. Applies to Models Erco 415 Series and Aircoupe F-1 Aircraft Serial Numbers 1 Through 5678 Incorporating Electrol Hose Gear With Aluminum Scissors.

Compliance required not later than July 1, 1960.

Bolts used to attach the forged aluminum scissors to the electrol nose gear were found to be brittle. To preclude failure of these bolts and the danger of the nose wheel turning crosswise during landing, the following shall be accomplished:

Replace bolts, P/N 415-34330, with AN 5-26 bolts, AN 960 washers (two per bolt) and AN 310-5 nuts. The tightened nut must not cause binding.

(Forney Service Bulletin No. 103 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-718](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-718): Univair Aircraft Corporation; names 2 of 2 models: 415-CD, 415-C
- [TCDS A-787](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-787): Univair Aircraft Corporation; names 2 of 8 models: F-1, 415-D

## 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: 1,055 (1,055 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Ercoupe 772, Engineering & Research 200, Forney 70, Erco 12, Univair 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Ercoupe 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-c): 623 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Engineering & Research 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-c): 160 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Ercoupe 415-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-d): 101 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Forney F-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-f-1): 50 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Ercoupe 415-CD](https://openairdocs.org/model/ercoupe-415-cd): 48 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Engineering & Research 415-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-d): 24 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Forney 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-415-c): 17 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Engineering & Research 415-CD](https://openairdocs.org/model/engineering-research-415-cd): 16 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Erco 415-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/erco-415-c): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Erco 415-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/erco-415-d): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Forney 415-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-415-d): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Forney 415-CD](https://openairdocs.org/model/forney-415-cd): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Erco 415-CD](https://openairdocs.org/model/erco-415-cd): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Univair 415-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/univair-415-d): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 14 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-09-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-09-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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