60-24-05: Fuel Cells Vent Outlet
FAA order 60-24-05 is an airworthiness directive in force since December 13, 1960. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Cells Vent Outlet. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Superior Aircraft Company
- Models
- V, V-2
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- December 13, 1960
- 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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60-24-05 SUPERIOR (Culver): Amdt. 223 Part 507 Federal Register November 15, 1960. Applies to All Superior (Culver) V and V2 Aircraft.
Compliance required as indicated.
To prevent fuel cell failures, the following must be accomplished:
(a) Within the next 25 hours of operation, but not later than the next periodic or progressive inspection, install a nonicing and nonwater accumulating fuel cell vent outlet (Superior P/N 12270 or equivalent) that will provide positive pressure within the vapor spaces of the cells during normal flight conditions.
(b) Inspect the attachment of the fuel cells to the wing structure at the time of the vent outlet modification and at each succeeding 100-hour inspection (if required by CAR 43.22) and each periodic aircraft inspection. Any attachment areas that are found to have failed must be recemented prior to the next flight.
(Superior Aircraft Company Service Bulletin No. 25 covers this subject.)
This directive effectiveDecember 13, 1960.
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/60-24-05.json · aircraft systems.