48-05-03: Trim Tab Bracket Bolts
FAA order 48-05-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Trim Tab Bracket Bolts. It names Bellanca 14: about 282 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
- Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- 14-13, 14-13-2
- On this site
- Bellanca 14 282 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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48-05-03 BELLANCA: Applies to 14-13 and 14-13-2 Serial Numbers 1060 Through 1576.
Compliance required by March 15, 1948.
Install a 3/16-inch bolt with self-locking nut and three washers (installed as spacers) through each of the brackets which retain the trim tab brass trunnions at the tab and elevator. Install the bolt 7/16 of an inch above the trunnion centerline to prevent spreading of the brackets.
(Bellanca Service Bulletin No. 14 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/48-05-03.json · aircraft systems.