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AD 47-31-01 ACTIVE

Nose Gear Hydraulic Actuating Cylinder Lines
Key Information
AD Number 47-31-01 Status Active
Effective Date Not specified Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Sierra Hotel Aero, Inc.
Model(s) Navion (Army L-17A)
Regulatory Text

47-31-01 NAVION: (Was Mandatory Note 10 of AD-782-3.) Applies to All Serials Up to and Including Number NAV-4-947.

To be accomplished not later than October 1, 1947.

To reduce the possibility of nose gear hydraulic actuating cylinder line failures due to inflexibility, the cylinders must be removed and reinstalled with the lines therefrom leading aft. Each of the present lines must be replaced with a longer line incorporating a "U" bend.

(North American Field Service Bulletin No. 28 covers this same subject.)