59-14-02: Fuel Selector Valve
FAA order 59-14-02 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Selector Valve. 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: engine.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Mooney Aviation Company Inc
- Models
- M20, M20A
- 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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59-14-02 MOONEY: Applies to M-20 Airplanes Serial Numbers 1175 Through 1200 and M-20A Airplanes Serial Numbers 1201 Through 1375.
Compliance required prior to August 1, 1959.
To guard against fuel selector valve failure and inability to change selector valve position the following inspection and replacement is required prior to August 1, 1959. Replacement valves obtained from the factory after April 27, 1959, and installed need not comply with this AD.
(a) Remove fuel tank selector valve.
(b) Remove lower part of valve housing and remove plastic core.
(c) Determine if the shaft and plastic core are pinned together. If not, replace complete valve assembly with replacement valve P/N 311-221-1/4D obtained from Mooney.
(Mooney Service Letter 20-48 concerns this subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
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2009-07-07CE-09-38 · Wings: Installation of Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Wing Tip Fairings
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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/59-14-02.json · aircraft systems.