79-05-10: Wheel Well

FAA order 79-05-10 is an airworthiness directive in force since March 15, 1979. The FAA's subject line: Wheel Well. 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: March 15, 1979
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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79-05-10  CURTISS-WRIGHT:   Amendment 39-3432.  Applies to all C-46 Series Aircraft certificated in all categories.
 
	Compliance is required within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of the AD unless already accomplished.
 
	To prevent an engine fire from entering the wheel well area through the nacelle ram air scoop(s), accomplish the following: 

	Remove the wheel well ram air scoop(s) located on each engine nacelle just aft of the firewall and seal the hole(s) with the same type material and fasteners as used in the affected nacelle area. Acceptable repair methods may be found in AC 43.13-1A, Chapter 2, or in USAF T.O., AN 01-25LA-3, Section VI.  An equivalent method of compliance may be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region. 

	This amendment becomes effective March 15, 1979.

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/79-05-10.json · aircraft systems.