48-07-02: Engine Supercharger Control Actuator
FAA order 48-07-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Engine Supercharger Control Actuator. System: engine.
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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48-07-02 DOUGLAS: Applies to DC-6 Serial Numbers 42854 Through 42896; 43000 Through 43024; 43035 through 43064; and 43105 Through 43110. \n\n\tTo be accomplished not later than the first engine change after March 1, 1948, but in any event not later than June 1, 1948. \n\n\tTo prevent failure in the engine supercharger control actuator when shifting from low to high blower and vice versa, it is necessary to provide overtravel in the engine supercharger control linkage by installing a new Geneva-Loc supercharger actuator lever, a new Bendix link-supercharger actuating link and a new four-hole mounting support bracket. \n\n\t(Douglas Service Bulletin DC-6 No. 127 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/48-07-02.json · aircraft systems.