46-41-03: Control Wheel Universal Joints
FAA order 46-41-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Control Wheel Universal Joints. It names Bellanca 14: about 282 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- 14-13, 14-13-2
- On this site
- Bellanca 14 282 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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46-41-03 BELLANCA: (Was Mandatory Note 3 of AD-773-5.) Applies to Models 14-13, 14-13-2 Serial Numbers 1060 to 1065, Inclusive.
Compliance required prior to November 15, 1946.
Replace universal joints connecting the control wheel axle with the control system yoke with the "Apex UJ-402" universal joints furnished by the airplane manufacturer.
(Bellanca Service Bulletin No. 3 covers this same subject.)
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/46-41-03.json · aircraft systems.