47-07-05: Torque Tube
FAA order 47-07-05 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Torque Tube. It names Fairchild M-62: about 186 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
- Fairchild Hiller Corporation
- Models
- M-62A, M-62A-3, M-62A-4, M-62B, M-62C
- On this site
- Fairchild M-62 186 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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47-07-05 FAIRCHILD: (Was Mandatory Note 7 of AD-724-2.) Applies to M-62 Series Aircraft.
Compliance required at next periodic inspection.
In order to eliminate the possibility of foreign objects entering the torque tube, install a boot at the point where the elevator control enters the torque tube in the front cockpit, and where the control stick enters the torque tube bracket in the rear cockpit. Also install cover plates on the sides of the torque tube bracket in the rear cockpit.
(Fairchild Service Bulletin 44-62-5 dated October 10, 1944, 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 October 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-07-05.json · aircraft systems.