49-31-02: Fuel Placard
FAA order 49-31-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Placard. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Sky Enterprises, Inc.
- Models
- RC-3
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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49-31-02 REPUBLIC: Applies to All Model RC-3 Airplanes.
Compliance required not later than October 1, 1949.
In order to eliminate the possibility of engine failures resulting from fuel starvation due to incorrect procedures of checking the fuel tank capacity, the following placard must be installed in the vicinity of the fuel tank filler neck:
"WARNING - Do not check fuel with engine running, or within 5 minutes after shutdown. Always insert stick with calibrated side facing ground."
(Republic Service Bulletin No. 23, dated June 3, 1949, covers the 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/49-31-02.json · aircraft systems.