47-32-06: Rotor Hub Pillow Blocks
FAA order 47-32-06 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Rotor Hub Pillow Blocks. 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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47-32-06 BELL: (Was Mandatory Note 6 of AD-1H-1.) Applies Only to Model 47B Serial Numbers 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51 and 52.
Compliance required before next flight.
Replace the 14ST pillow blocks 47-120-111-1, on the main rotor hub, with 4340 steel pillow blocks, 47-120-111-5, and inspect the hub assembly in accordance with Bell Service Bulletin 47C45 (Revised) dated May 27, 1947. In order to avoid possible structural failure of pillow blocks if extreme misapplication of flight controls are applied, reference "Flight Manual" 47B Series, Section II, paragraph 14B.
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/47-32-06.json · aircraft systems.