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65-17-02: Landing Gear Position Warning Light

FAA order 65-17-02 is an airworthiness directive in force since September 2, 1965. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Position Warning Light. It names Curtiss Wright C-46: about 8 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
Airlift International, Inc.; Curtiss-Wright Corporation; Flying Tiger Line, Inc.; L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation; Skyways International Trading and Transport Co.; Tempo Design Corporation
Models
C-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46R, C-46E, C-46A, C-46D, C-46E, C-46F, C-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46F, C-46/CW20-T, Super C-46/CW20-T
On this site
Curtiss Wright C-46 8 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
September 2, 1965
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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65-17-02 CURTISS-WRIGHT: Amdt. 39-112 Part 39 Federal Register August 3, 1965. Applies to Model C-46 Series Airplanes. Compliance required within the next 300 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished. To prevent further erroneous indication by the landing gear position warning light that the landing gear is down and locked, accomplish the following: Modify the gear position warning light system by providing a separate position indication circuit and separate green light or other equivalent indicator for the "down and locked" position for each of the three landing gears in a manner approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Southern Region. This directive effective September 2, 1965.

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 October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/65-17-02.json · aircraft systems.