48-01-03: Elevator Trim Tab Bushing
FAA order 48-01-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Trim Tab Bushing. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Sky Enterprises, Inc.
- Models
- RC-3
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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48-01-03 REPUBLIC: Applies to Model RC-3 Aircraft.
Compliance required by February 1, 1948, and at each 25-hour inspection until bushing is installed.
Inspect elevator trim tab for excessive play by holding control rod and measuring vertical movement of trailing edge. If play exceeds 1/8 inch, ream clevis pin hole in horn and press in a 1/4 inch O.D. cadmium plated steel bushing. If wear has reduced edge distance below 5/32 inch, a new horn with steel bushing should be installed.
(Republic Seabee Service Bulletin No. 20 dated October 10, 1947, and Supplement No. 1 thereto dated November 10, 1947, contain detailed information on 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 November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/48-01-03.json · aircraft systems.