57-03-03: Micronic Filter Cover
FAA order 57-03-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Micronic Filter Cover. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- The Boeing Company; Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
- Models
- DC-7, DC-7B, DC-7C, 1049-54, 1049B-55 (Navy R7V-1), 1049C-55, 1049D-55, 1049E-55, 1049F-55 (USAF C-121C), 1049G-82, 1049H-82, 149-46, 1649A-98, 49-46, 649-79, 649A-79, 749-79, 749-79 (C-121A, VC-121B), 749A-79
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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57-03-03 DOUGLAS AND LOCKHEED: Applies to Lockheed Constellation Series and Douglas DC-7 Series Airplanes. \n\n\tCompliance required by April 1, 1957, for Constellation aircraft and by May 1, 1957, for DC-7 aircraft. \n\n\tUnder certain cold weather operating conditions the perforated paper covering around the Purolator micronic filter elements are subject to accumulation of ice as a result of entrained water crystals in the fuel freezing on this covering. This interferes with proper fuel filtering by causing the fuel to pass through the bypass valve in the filter unit. To make the micronic filter less susceptible to clogging by ice, the perforated paper covering around the filter element is to be removed. Removal of the perforated cover does not affect the filtering characteristics of the filter element. Filter elements without the paper covering are identified as Purolator P/N 30868-3.
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/57-03-03.json · aircraft systems.