47-47-01: Landing Gear Reinforcement
FAA order 47-47-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Reinforcement. It names Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser: about 1,247 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- FS 2003 Corp.
- Models
- PA-12
- On this site
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1,247 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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47-47-01 PIPER: (Was Mandatory Note 5 of AD-780-3.) Applies to PA-12 Aircraft Serial Numbers 12-221, 12-236, 12-239, 12-244, 12-250 and Up to 12-3561 and 12-3901 to 12- 3988.
Compliance required prior to January 15, 1948.
Reinforce the upper end of the tie strap on the landing gear with a 4130 steel plate (Piper No. 10028-13). Install over end of strap by edge welding. As further reinforcement, install a trapezoidal gusset plate (Piper No. 10028-14) on each side of this upper strap attachment by forming and edge welding on assembly.
(Piper Service Bulletin No. 97 dated July 10, 1947, covers this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
1998-10-21ACE-99-01 ·
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/47-47-01.json · aircraft systems.