54-01-03: Fuel Strainer Screen

FAA order 54-01-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Strainer Screen. It names Sikorsky S-55: about 15 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: other and general.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product: Aircraft
Makes: Orlando Helicopter Airways, Inc.; Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Models: HRS-1/CH-19, HRS-3/H-19B, S-55, S-55B, S-55C
On this site: Sikorsky S-55 15 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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54-01-03   SIKORSKY:  Applies to All Model S-55 Helicopters. 

	Compliance required prior to next flight. 

	Finger fuel strainer installed on all tanks should be removed and inspected to determine whether it incorporates a small disc screen located inside the body of the strainer.  This disc screen should be removed if found to be incorporated, since it would tend to restrict fuel flow if it became clogged with foreign material. 

	(Sikorsky Service Information Circular No. 1430-410, dated November 9, 1953, covers the same inspection modification.)

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/54-01-03.json · aircraft systems.