57-10-01: Landing Gear Bellcrank Bracket
FAA order 57-10-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Bellcrank Bracket. It names Mooney M-20: about 6,246 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Mooney Aviation Company Inc
- Models
- M20
- On this site
- Mooney M-20 6,246 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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57-10-01 MOONEY: Applies to Model M-20 Aircraft Serial Numbers 1002 Through 1126 Incorporating Main Landing Gear Retracting Bellcrank Bracket P/N 5035.
To be accomplished as soon as practicable but not later than July 1, 1957.
Cracks have been reported in the main landing gear retracting bellcrank bracket P/N 5035. In one case complete failure of the bracket resulted in jamming the elevator control system. Therefore, it is required that bracket PN 5035 be replaced by new redesigned brackets P/N 5101 which have a 0.095 inch wall tubing.
The revised retracting bellcrank bracket P/N 5101 incorporated a reinforcing angle at the lower front corner and a cross member between the gear bungee fittings.
(Mooney Service Letter 20-22 covers this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2023-03-032023-02 · Landing Gear System
2014-03-14CE-14-12 · Landing Gear System
2013-05-09NE-13-32 · Propeller Spinner Section
2009-07-07CE-09-38 · Wings: Installation of Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Wing Tip Fairings
2009-02-11CE-09-12 · Navigation: CRS/BARO Knob Interference in some G1000/G900X/G950 Installations
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/57-10-01.json · aircraft systems.
