47-43-02: Fuel Selector Valve Handle
FAA order 47-43-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Selector Valve Handle. It names Cessna 120, Cessna 140: about 2,499 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: engine.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Cessna Aircraft Company
- Models
- 120, 140
- On this site
- Cessna 120 660 registered
Cessna 140 1,839 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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47-43-02 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 13 of AD-768-5.) Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 8480, Inclusive.
Compliance required prior to January 1, 1948.
To eliminate the possibility of confusion in the operation of the fuel selector valve, remove the embossed pointer from the selector valve handle and ascertain that the selector valve handle and ascertain that the selector valve handle is installed so that the handle indicates correctly the position of the selector valve as shown by the valve placard.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2015-04-15CE-15-13 · FUSELAGE Seat Belt Mounting Bracket
2010-07-30CE-10-40R1 · Aircraft Fuel System; water contamination of fuel tank systems on Cessna single engine airplanes
2009-07-24CE-09-42 · Lights - Landing Light, Beacon Light and Taxi Light Switch Applications
2006-05-24CE-06-46 ·
2005-08-09CE-05-80 ·
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 28, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-43-02.json · aircraft systems.