48-19-02: Elevator Lever
FAA order 48-19-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Elevator Lever. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- 149-46, 49-46, 649-79, 749-79
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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48-19-02 LOCKHEED: Applies to Models 49-46, 149-46, 649-79 and 749-79 Aircraft.
Compliance required at next No. 1 inspection, and thereafter at periods not to exceed 550 hours of operation.
Inspect the two fittings, P/N 256019, "Lever-Cockpit Torque Tube", in the elevator control system for the presence of cracks or other signs of failure at the rivet attachment points, particularly at the base of the arm. Remove and replace any defective parts. The periodic inspection may be discontinued if the two levers are replaced with new parts, LAC No. 302349, or are reinforced with additional fittings, LAC No. 302337, or their equivalents.
(LAC Service Bulletin 49/SB-456 covers the lever substitution or reinforcement.)
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/48-19-02.json · aircraft systems.