47-50-04: Elevator Push-Pull Tube
FAA order 47-50-04 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Push-Pull Tube. It names Stinson L-5: about 125 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Stinson Division
- Models
- L-5, L-5B, L-5C, L-5D, L-5E, L-5E-1, L-5G
- On this site
- Stinson L-5 125 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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47-50-04 STINSON: Applies to L-5 Series Aircraft.
Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than March 1, 1948.
To prevent loss of elevator control, the elevator push-pull tube assemblies, P/N 76-62204, should be inspected for security and proper staking of nut which secures rod end and D-4 bearing in housing P/N 76-62206. If there is no cotter pin securing this nut, it should be staked to the rod in at least three places.
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 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-50-04.json · aircraft systems.