48-05-04: Operator Limitations Placard
FAA order 48-05-04 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Operator Limitations Placard. It names Cessna 120, Cessna 140: about 2,499 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Cessna Aircraft Company
- Models
- 120, 140
- On this site
- Cessna 120 660 registered
Cessna 140 1,839 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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48-05-04 CESSNA: Applies to 120 and 140 Aircraft.
Compliance required by April 1, 1948.
"This airplane is to be operated in accordance with the flight limitations of the Operations Manual."
This refers to the various Airplane Flight Manuals which are required equipment for landplane, skiplane, and seaplane as listed in Aircraft Specification A-768, item 403 and Note 9, which must be carried in the aircraft at all times. Airplane Flight Manuals may be obtained from Cessna dealers and the Cessna Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas.
(Cessna Service Letters Nos. 32 and 40 dated February 10 and May 6, 1947, respectively, cover this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2015-04-15CE-15-13 · FUSELAGE Seat Belt Mounting Bracket
2010-07-30CE-10-40R1 · Aircraft Fuel System; water contamination of fuel tank systems on Cessna single engine airplanes
2009-07-24CE-09-42 · Lights - Landing Light, Beacon Light and Taxi Light Switch Applications
2006-05-24CE-06-46 ·
2005-08-09CE-05-80 ·
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/48-05-04.json · aircraft systems.