55-06-01: Fuselage Fuel Tank Enclosure
FAA order 55-06-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuselage Fuel Tank Enclosure. System: fuel system.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- American Navion Society, LTD.; American Navion Society, LTD.; American Navion Society, LTD.
- Models
- D-16, D-16A
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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55-06-01 TWIN NAVION: Applies to All Dauby, Riley and TEMCO Twin Navion Conversions.
Compliance required not later than May 1, 1955.
In order to avoid the hazard of fuel and fumes entering the passenger compartment, it is necessary to install vented and drained fuel and fumeproof enclosures for all fuel tanks located in the fuselage. (Ref. CAR 3.442 (c).)
TEMCO Aircraft Corp. Twin Navion conversion Service Bulletin No. 2 covers this same subject and kits approved by the FAA for accomplishing the necessary alteration are available from TEMCO.
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/55-06-01.json · aircraft systems.