# AD 63-15-02: Bolt Attaching Flap Jack to Wing

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., The D.H.114 Heron Series 2A, D.H.114 Heron Series 2DA and D.H.114 Heron Series 2X
- Effective: August 22, 1963
- Published: July 23, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small/large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 1 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E506FEE1B2ADBF14862569A8006F6D49.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-15-02

## The airworthiness directive

63-15-02 DE HAVILLAND: Amdt. 588 Part 507 Federal Register July 23, 1963. Applies to All Model DH 114 Aircraft.

Compliance required within 200 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD.

Because of instances of fatigue failure of the bolt, P/N 4W.1121, which attaches the flap jack attachment shackle to the wing, replace the bolt with a new special bolt P/N 14W.5835 in accordance with a de Havilland Heron Modification No. 1498.

(de Havilland TNS Series Heron (114) No. C.F.7 Issue 1 dated December 31, 1962, and de Havilland Modification News Sheet No. Heron 1498 dated January 1, 1963, cover this subject.)

This directive effective August 22, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-816](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-816): Acro Aeronautical Services Ltd; names 3 of 3 models: D.H.114 Heron Series 2DA, D.H.114 Heron Series 2A, D.H.114 Heron Series 2X

## 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 (1 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Dehavilland 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Dehavilland DH 114 HERON 2X](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh-114-heron-2x): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-15-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-15-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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