47-50-09: Landing Gear Fittings
FAA order 47-50-09 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Fittings. It names Fairchild 24: about 242 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
- Fairchild Personal Planes Division, Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp.
- Models
- 24R40 (Army UC-86), 24R40S, 24R46, 24R46A (Army UC-61K), 24R46S, 24R9 (Army UC-61C), 24R9S, 24W-40 (Army UC-61G), 24W-40S, 24W-41 (Army UC-61), 24W-41A (Army UC-61A), 24W-41AS, 24W-41S, 24W-46, 24W-46S, 24W-9 (Army UC-61F), 24W-9S
- On this site
- Fairchild 24 242 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
Show the full text (583 characters)
47-50-09 FAIRCHILD: Applies to 24R and 24W Series Aircraft.
Inspection required each 100 hours of operation.
Inspect the landing gear fittings near the lower longeron attachment and also the fuselage fittings for cracks. Cracks in the strut not exceeding 1/8 inch in length may be repaired by electric arc welding. Cracks in excess of 1/8 inch in length should be stop drilled and oxyacetylene welded, and the landing gear strut should be re-heat-treated to 180,000 pounds per square inch.
(Fairchild Service Bulletin No. 41-8 dated June 23, 1941, covers this 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 October 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-50-09.json · aircraft systems.