46-36-02: Airscoop Rework
FAA order 46-36-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Airscoop Rework. It names Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser: about 1,247 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- FS 2003 Corp.
- Models
- PA-12
- On this site
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1,247 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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46-36-02 PIPER: (Was Mandatory Note 3 of AD-780-3.) Applies to PA-12 Aircraft Serial Numbers 12-1 to 12-207, Inclusive.
Compliance required prior to November 1, 1946.
Several instances have been reported of loosening of the cap screws attaching the air scoop to the carburetor on these aircraft, thus creating a hazard. These cap screws should be removed and drilled for safety wire. They should then be reinserted and safety wire installed.
(Piper Service Bulletin No. 90 dated July 17, 1946, covers this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
1998-10-21ACE-99-01 ·
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/46-36-02.json · aircraft systems.