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47-25-10: Elevator Tab Failure

FAA order 47-25-10 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Tab Failure. It names Consolidated Vultee BT-13: about 74 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
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Stinson Division
Models
BT-13, BT-13A (Army SNV-1), BT-13B (Navy SNV-2)
On this site
Consolidated Vultee BT-13 74 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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47-25-10 CONVAIR: (Was Service Note 4 of AD-2-571-2.) Applies to All BT-13 Series Airplanes Equipped With Wood Elevator Tabs. Compliance required not later than September 1, 1947, and each 20 hours of operation thereafter. The elevator tabs should be closely inspected to determine if any sign of glue failure, dry rot, or cracking of plywood exists adjacent to glue joints. Attachment of aluminum alloy extension to tab may have weakened the trailing edges of wood tabs or weathering of wood may have caused deterioration. If any failure or deterioration is found, the tab should be immediately replaced or repaired in an adequate manner.

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/47-25-10.json · aircraft systems.