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48-49-02: Float Wire Brace

FAA order 48-49-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Float Wire Brace. System: electrical power.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Noorduyn Aviation Ltd.
Models
Army UC-64, Army UC-64A, Army UC-64AS, Army UC-64B

Dates and paperwork

Docket
Unknown
Status
Current
The FAA's document
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The order itself the regulatory text, as published

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48-49-02 NOORDUYN: Applies to All Army UC-64, -64A, -64AS, and -64B Aircraft. Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than February 1, 1949. On airplanes equipped or about to be equipped with Edo Model 55-7170A floats, the float brace wire plates, P/N 16-31131, must be reinforced in accordance with Noorduyn Service Bulletin No. E5/44, dated August 22, 1944, (obtainable upon request from Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd., Montreal 3, Canada), or Army Air Forces Technical Order No. 01-155CB-13, dated October 9, 1944. Other reinforcements shown to be equivalent to those covered in the Service Bulletin or the Technical Order will also be acceptable.

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/48-49-02.json · aircraft systems.