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49-04-01: Aileron Chain

FAA order 49-04-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Aileron Chain. It names Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair: about 1,077 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Textron Aviation Inc.
Models
35, 35-33, 35-A33, 35-B33, 35-C33, 35-C33A, 35R
On this site
Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair 1,077 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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49-04-01 BEECH: Applies to Model 35 Serial Numbers D-1 to D-1300, Except D-69, D- 315, D-356, D-754, D-827, D-1117, D-1120, D-1201, D-1251, D-1274, D-1278, D-1285, D-1289, D-1290, D-1291, D-1293, D-1295, D-1296, D-1298 and D-1299. To be accomplished at next 100-hour inspection but not later than May 1, 1949. Remove aileron control wheel drive chain assembly from the control arm of the specified aircraft, which have not had the chain replaced by Beech facilities, and visually inspect the pin through each link for proper up-set heads on each end of the pin. Chains having end ferrules dyed green have been replaced by Beech facilities and need not be inspected. (Beech Service Bulletin No. 35-8, revised January 3, 1949, covers this same subject.)

Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders

2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
2015-09-15CE-15-22 · Wing Leading Edge Hinge-Pin Corrosion
2012-06-19CE-12-36 · Flight Controls: Aileron
2012-02-07CE-12-18 · Flight Controls: Elevator Control Cable Condition
2011-02-16CE-11-21 · Flight Controls: Trailing Edge Flaps; Flap Nose Rib Cracking

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/49-04-01.json · aircraft systems.