57-12-02: Tail Boom Attach Fittings
FAA order 57-12-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Tail Boom Attach Fittings. It names Bell 47: about 478 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: rotorcraft systems.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Scotts-Bell 47 Inc
- Models
- 47H-1
- On this site
- Bell 47 478 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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57-12-02 BELL: Applies to Model 47H1 Helicopters Serial Numbers 1349, 1351 Through 1360, 1362, 1363, 1365 Through 1371.
Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than August 1, 1957.
In order to prevent possible failure of the tail boom attach bolts the following inspection and rework should be accomplished.
1. Visually inspect the four (4) tail boom attach fittings 47-265-026-1 and -2 on the forward bulkhead to determine if all eight (8) bolt hole locations (2 in each fitting) have been spot faced. It is necessary to remove the baggage compartment floor section in order to make this inspection.
2. If it is found that any or all the bolt hole locations have not been spot faced, it is required that they be spot faced in accordance with the instructions given in Bell Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 116, dated November 9, 1956.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2001-02-09SW-01-13 ·
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/57-12-02.json · aircraft systems.