47-32-02: Ballast Installation
FAA order 47-32-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Ballast Installation. It names Bell 47: about 478 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
- Scotts-Bell 47 Inc
- Models
- 47B
- On this site
- Bell 47 478 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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47-32-02 BELL: (Was Mandatory Note 2 of AD-1H-1.) Applies Only to Model 47B Serial Numbers 2 Through 6 and 8 Through 28.
Compliance required not later than next 25-hour inspection after September 15, 1947.
The correct amount of fixed ballast for the Model 47B helicopters, as listed in Bell Service Bulletin 47C27, dated June 25, 1947, should be installed in accordance with the instructions also contained in that Bulletin. Compliance is required in order that the correct center of gravity range may be maintained.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2001-02-09SW-01-13 ·
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/47-32-02.json · aircraft systems.