68-01-04: Forward Wing-to-Fuselage Attachment
FAA order 68-01-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since January 9, 1968. The FAA's subject line: Forward Wing-to-Fuselage Attachment. It names Found Aircraft Canada Inc FBA-2: about 12 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: airframe structure.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Found Aircraft Canada, Inc.
- Models
- FBA-2C
- On this site
- Found Aircraft Canada Inc FBA-2 12 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- January 9, 1968
- 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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68-01-04 FOUND BROTHERS AVIATION LTD: Amendment 39-561. Applies to FBA-2C aircraft.
Compliance required as indicated.
To preclude the failure of the forward wing to fuselage attachment either by the failure of the attachment bolt or by the cracking of the wing root rib web around the attachment fitting, accomplish the following:
(a) Replace the wing to fuselage forward attachment NAS 146-42 bolt with an unused bolt of the same part number or an equivalent approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region, within the next 150 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished within the last 350 hours' time in service, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 500 hours' time in service from the last replacement.
(b) Within the next 150 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished within the last 100 hours' time in service, and thereafter at intervalsnot to exceed 250 hours' time in service from the last inspection, visually inspect for cracks the wing root ribs repaired in accordance with either Found Brothers repair 2C39-18, Issue 2, or 2C39-19, Issue 2, or equivalent repair approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region.
(c) Upon request with substantiating data submitted through an FAA maintenance inspector, the compliance times specified in this AD may be increased by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region.
This amendment is effective January 9, 1968.
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 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/68-01-04.json · aircraft systems.