# AD 60-24-05: Fuel Cells Vent Outlet

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Superior V and V-2
- Effective: December 13, 1960
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 11 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1543FE0B41A5DAEB86256A56006ACDD7.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-24-05

## The airworthiness directive

60-24-05 SUPERIOR (Culver): Amdt. 223 Part 507 Federal Register November 15, 1960. Applies to All Superior (Culver) V and V2 Aircraft.

Compliance required as indicated.

To prevent fuel cell failures, the following must be accomplished:

  (a) Within the next 25 hours of operation, but not later than the next periodic or progressive inspection, install a nonicing and nonwater accumulating fuel cell vent outlet (Superior P/N 12270 or equivalent) that will provide positive pressure within the vapor spaces of the cells during normal flight conditions.

  (b) Inspect the attachment of the fuel cells to the wing structure at the time of the vent outlet modification and at each succeeding 100-hour inspection (if required by CAR 43.22) and each periodic aircraft inspection. Any attachment areas that are found to have failed must be recemented prior to the next flight.

(Superior Aircraft Company Service Bulletin No. 25 covers this subject.)

This directive effectiveDecember 13, 1960.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-778](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-778): Superior Aircraft Company; names 2 of 2 models: V-2, V

## 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: 11 (11 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Culver 11

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Culver V](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-v): 11 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-24-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-24-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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