55-09-02: Terminal Assemblies

FAA order 55-09-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Terminal Assemblies. It names Curtiss Wright C-46: about 8 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: Airlift International, Inc.; Curtiss-Wright Corporation; Flying Tiger Line, Inc.; L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation; Skyways International Trading and Transport Co.; Tempo Design Corporation
Models: C-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46R, C-46E, C-46A, C-46D, C-46E, C-46F, C-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46F, C-46/CW20-T, Super C-46/CW20-T
On this site: Curtiss Wright C-46 8 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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55-09-02	CURTISS-WRIGHT:   Applies to all C-46 Series aircraft.
 
	Compliance required as indicated.
 
	(1)	For Models C-46A and C-46D. 

		At each 3,000 hours of operation inspect visually and at each major overhaul inspect by means of Zyglo or equivalent method control column base assemblies P/N 20-530- 3076-5, arm assemblies P/N 20-530-1049-1 and -3, terminal assemblies P/N 20-530-1286-1 and - 3, and upper terminal assemblies P/N 20-530-1059. Also inspect for cracks around the rivets which retain the assemblies to the torque tube P/N 20-530-1163-2.
 
	(2)	For Models C-46E and C-46F. 

		Due to recent similar failures reported on these models, the assemblies corresponding to the above Model C-46A and C-46D assemblies must be similarly inspected.
 
	All defective parts must be replaced.
 
	This supersedes AD 51-14-2.

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/55-09-02.json · aircraft systems.