47-32-03: Tail Rotor Control Pedal
FAA order 47-32-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Tail Rotor Control Pedal. 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: rotorcraft systems.
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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47-32-03 BELL: (Was Mandatory Note 3 of AD-1H-1.) Applies Only to Model 47B Serial Numbers 2 Through 6, 10 Through 17, and 20 Through 22.
Compliance required not later than next 25-hour inspection after September 15, 1947.
To insure proper operation of the tail rotor control pedal adjustment mechanism at all times, replace the existing pawl stop, P/N 47-722-059-1 in each pedal assembly with a modified pawl stop, P/N 47-722-057-1. Check length of each pedal adjustment mechanism and adjust if necessary to 4 27/64 inches, tolerances +000, -1/32 inch, measured from the center of the pedal adjustment mechanism assembly AN 329-41 pin to lower end of pawl.
(Bell Service Bulletin 47C23 dated April 10, 1947, also covers this subject.)
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/47-32-03.json · aircraft systems.