47-50-05: Floats
FAA order 47-50-05 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Floats. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Appliance
- Makes
- EDO Corporation
- Models
- Floats
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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47-50-05 AERONCA, CHAMPION. PIPER, SILVAIRE (LUSCOMBE): Applies to Airplanes Equipped With Edo Model 92-1400 Floats.
Compliance required by February 15, 1947.
To prevent the possible failure of the wirepull attachment on Edo Model 92-1400 floats, install redesigned wirepull (Edo P/N 92-S-239 on J3C-50S and J3C-65S, Edo P/N 92-S-229 on PA-11S, Edo P/N 92-S-237 and -239 on S7AC, Edo P/N 92-S-237 on S11AC, and Edo P/N 92-S-233 and -235 on Silvaire (Luscombe) 8 Series) under each of the front and rear strut attachment fittings.
(Edo Service Bulletin No. 2 dated August 15, 1947, contains detailed instructions for making this change.)
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/47-50-05.json · aircraft systems.