47-50-02: Fuselage Bulkhead
FAA order 47-50-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuselage Bulkhead. 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: airframe structure.
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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47-50-02 CESSNA: Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers Up to and Including 14289.
Inspection required upon each 100 hours of operation until fuselage rear bulkhead (tail post) has been reinforced.
Inspect the lower right-hand corner of the cutout in the fuselage rear bulkhead for cracks which usually extend down to the rivet holes at the nearest anchor nut. If cracks are found, install the new type bulkhead with reinforcement channel added per Cessna Drawing No. 0412169.
(Cessna Service Letter No. 46 dated July 31, 1947, covers this same subject.)
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 November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-50-02.json · aircraft systems.