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52-24-01: Aileron Control Chain Guard

FAA order 52-24-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Aileron Control Chain Guard. System: flight controls.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Sierra Hotel Aero, Inc.
Models
Navion (Army L-17A), Navion A (Army L-17B and L-17C), Navion B

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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52-24-01\tNAVION: Applies to All Models, Serial Numbers NAV-4-2 and Above. \n\nCompliance required as soon as possible but not later than November 1, 1952. \n\nIn order to eliminate the possibility of the aileron control chain jamming, each end of the fiber channel chain guard should be reworked as shown in Figure 1. The chain and guard are on the control column. \n\n(Ryan Navion Field Service Bulletin No. 18 dated September 3, 1952, covers this same subject.) \n\n\nAD 52-24-01

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/52-24-01.json · aircraft systems.