48-09-03: Kollsman Airspeed Baffle
FAA order 48-09-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Kollsman Airspeed Baffle. It names Luscombe 8 Silvaire, Luscombe T-8: about 1,445 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: instruments and avionics.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation, Inc.
- Models
- 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, T-8F
- On this site
- Luscombe 8 Silvaire 1,420 registered
Luscombe T-8 25 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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48-09-03 LUSCOMBE: Applies to Model 8 Series Airplanes Below Serial Number 5682 Equipped With Kollsman Airspeed Instruments.
Compliance required by April 1, 1948.
To obtain more accurate airspeed readings remove small baffle LAC P/N 181112, which is attached to the fuselage at the airspeed static tube opening. Installation of this baffle provides inaccurate airspeed readings ranging from approximately +6 m.p.h. at stall to approximately +15 m.p.h. at minimum trim speed.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2017-06-05CE-17-14 · Main Landing Gear: Lower Leg Internal Corrosion
2014-02-13CE-14-09 · Luscombe Model 8A Fuel System
1997-05-15ACE-97-03 ·
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 October 30, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/48-09-03.json · aircraft systems.