52-17-01: Landing Gear Chain Guard
FAA order 52-17-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Chain Guard. It names Bellanca 14: about 282 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- 14-13, 14-13-2, 14-13-3, 14-13-3W
- On this site
- Bellanca 14 282 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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52-17-01\tBELLANCA: Applies to All Model 14-13 Series Aircraft. \n\n\tCompliance required by August 15, 1952, with chain tension inspections to be repeated at intervals not to exceed 100 hours. \n\n\tIn order to prevent landing gear retracting chain malfunctionings, install chain guard, Bellanca P/N SK 491 or equivalent (see Figures 2 and 3), in both wings at the rear spar landing gear chain sprocket. Chains should be inspected and adjusted for proper tension. When correctly adjusted, chains should feel approximately as tight as the aileron cables.\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\tFIGURE 2 \t\t\t\t\t\tFIGURE 3\n\n\t(Bellanca Service Bulletins No. 20, dated March 22, 1948, and No. 27, dated September 11, 1950, cover 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/52-17-01.json · aircraft systems.