# AD 63-20-01: Brake Cylinder Support Bracket

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Bellanca 14-13, 14-13-2, 14-13-3 and 14-13-3W
- Effective: October 21, 1963
- Published: September 19, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 131 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F819669D820633EC86256A340056FE99.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-20-01

## The airworthiness directive

63-20-01 BELLANCA: Amdt. 620 Part 507 Federal Register September 19, 1963. Applies to All Model 14-13 Series Aircraft.

Compliance required as indicated.

Within 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, and at intervals thereafter not to exceed 50 hours' time in service from the last inspection, accomplish the following:

  (a) Inspect for cracks in the welds and the structure immediately adjacent to the area where the left and right brake-cylinder support brackets, P/N's 9811-17 and -21, are attached to the fuselage cross tube P/N 9802-47 (located directly aft of the firewall, below the cabin floor), using a dye penetrant and a 10-power glass or an FAA approved equivalent. Prior to inspection, all grease and dirt shall be removed from the surfaces involved.

  (b) If cracks are found, that part must be repaired in accordance with an FAA approved repair, or replaced by a part of the same part number, or an FAA approved equivalent part before further flight.

This directive effective October 21, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-773](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-773): Bellanca Aircraft Corporation; names 4 of 4 models: 14-13-3W, 14-13-3, 14-13-2, 14-13

## 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: 131 (131 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Bellanca 131

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Bellanca 14-13-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-2): 77 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Bellanca 14-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13): 43 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Bellanca 14-13-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13-3): 11 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-20-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-20-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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