# AD 63-06-03: Electrical Fault Detection Panel

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Kelowna Flightcraft R & D 340 and 440
- Effective: March 20, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 12 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E00FA551C1C86F69862569B2005817CE.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-03

## The airworthiness directive

63-06-03 GENERAL DYNAMICS/CONVAIR: Amdt. 545 Part 507 Federal Register March 20, 1963. Applies to All Models 340 and 440 Series Aircraft Equipped With a Bendix Redbank Type 35E05 Fault Detection Panel.

Compliance required within the next 300 hours' time in service following the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent the loss of electrical power, modify the type 35E05 fault detection panel by installing a blocking rectifier (G.E. IN-93 or FAA approved equivalent). Solder the negative lead to lug No. 3 of the locating relay and the positive lead to terminal No. P on the terminal board.

(Convair Airgram No. 200 dated September 24, 1956, and Bendix Redbank Service Bulletin No. R-47 pertains to this same modification.)

This directive effective March 20, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 6A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A6): Kelowna Flightcraft R & D Ltd.; names 2 of 6 models: 340, 440

## 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: 12 (12 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Convair 12

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Convair 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Convair 440](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440): 5 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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