48-02-06: Inboard Nacelle Cover Plates
FAA order 48-02-06 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Inboard Nacelle Cover Plates. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- The Boeing Company
- Models
- DC-6, DC-6A, DC-6B
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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48-02-06 DOUGLAS: Applies to DC-6 Serial Numbers 42854 Through 42896; 43000 Through 43018; 43025; 43055 Through 43057; 43062 Through 43064; and 43105. \n\n\tCompliance required by March 1, 1948. \n\n\tAs a fire protection measure, close off the dead air space between the upper and lower wing surfaces within the engine nacelle by installing cover plates over the open access hole in the lower surface of the wing in the right and left inboard nacelles between center and front spars and between Stations 130 and 167. \n\n\t(Douglas Service Bulletin DC-6 No. 92 covers this same 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/48-02-06.json · aircraft systems.