46-44-02: Safety Belt Bracket Reinforcement
FAA order 46-44-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Safety Belt Bracket Reinforcement. It names Cessna 120, Cessna 140: about 2,499 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, 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
- Cessna Aircraft Company
- Models
- 120, 140
- On this site
- Cessna 120 660 registered
Cessna 140 1,839 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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46-44-02 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 2 of AD-768-4.) Applies Only to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 9619, Inclusive.
Compliance required prior to January 1, 1947.
Reinforce attachment of the safety belt brackets to the skin of the fuselage by the addition of three AN 456AD5 rivets at the safety belt end of each bracket. Make certain that the rivets pass through both bracket and fuselage skin to insure a good connection.
(Cessna Service Letter No. 10-120 and 140 covers this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2015-04-15CE-15-13 · FUSELAGE Seat Belt Mounting Bracket
2010-07-30CE-10-40R1 · Aircraft Fuel System; water contamination of fuel tank systems on Cessna single engine airplanes
2009-07-24CE-09-42 · Lights - Landing Light, Beacon Light and Taxi Light Switch Applications
2006-05-24CE-06-46 ·
2005-08-09CE-05-80 ·
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/46-44-02.json · aircraft systems.