46-46-02: Elevator Stop
FAA order 46-46-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Stop. It names North American AT-6 Texan: about 228 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- The Boeing Company
- Models
- AT-6 (SNJ-2), AT-6A (SNJ-3), AT-6B, AT-6C (SNJ-4), BC-1A
- On this site
- North American AT-6 Texan 228 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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46-46-02\tNORTH AMERICAN: Was Mandatory Note 6 of AD-2-575-3.) Applies to Army BC-1A, AT-6, -6A, -6B, -6C; Navy SNJ-2, -3, -4 Aircraft.\n \n\tTo be accomplished prior to January 1, 1947. \n\n\tInspect all airplanes having Vest Two-Place Chum Seats installed prior to October 9, 1946, to determine that an elevator rear stop is installed on the horizontal stabilizer rear spar directly in front of the elevator horn and that the modification incorporates revised self-aligning rudder balance brackets, rudder balance cable, rudder pedal adjustment bar and reinforcement plates on forward side of firewall at the balance pulley bracket attachment points in accordance with Vest Installation Instructions dated October 9, 1946.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
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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 October 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/46-46-02.json · aircraft systems.