47-49-03: Rudder Torque Tube Attachments
FAA order 47-49-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Rudder Torque Tube Attachments. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- 49-46
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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47-49-03 LOCKHEED: (Was Mandatory Note 36 of AD-763-3.) Applies to All Model 49 Serials Up to and Including 2080, Except 2033, 2058 and 2071 Through 2075.
Compliance required at next engine change period.
Inspect all attachments of rudders to torque tube flanges for evidence of stripped threads or elongated holes. (This does not require removal of rudders.) When such evidences are found, redrill holes to next larger size and/or install new nuts as required.
(LAC Service Bulletin 49/SB-256 covers this same subject.)
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/47-49-03.json · aircraft systems.