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AD 51-20-01 ACTIVE

Cockpit Light
Key Information
AD Number 51-20-01 Status Active
Effective Date Not specified Issue Date Not specified
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Large Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section N/A
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Airlift International, Inc. Curtiss-Wright Corporation Flying Tiger Line, Inc. L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation Skyways International Trading and Transport Co. Tempo Design Corporation
Model(s) 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
Regulatory Text

51-20-01 CURTISS-WRIGHT Applies to Model C-46 Series aircraft equipped with C-4 Cockpit Light Assembly. \n\n\tCompliance required within 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this amendment unless already accomplished. \n\n\tTo eliminate an electrical fire hazard existing in the pilot's compartment, the following rework must be accomplished: \n\n\t1. Rework the C-4 cockpit light rheostat assembly in accordance with Figure 2. Fabricate insulator strip per Figure 2(a), and install as shown in Figure 2(b). \n\n\n\n\nSECTIONAL VIEW OF COCKPIT LIGHT CASE - TYPE C-4A & C-4, WITH RHEOSTAT INSULATOR INSTALLED \nFIGURE 2 \n\n\t(U.S.A.F.T.O. No. 03-5G-12, dated September 8, 1950, covers this same subject.) \n\n\t2. Revise the wiring to the C-4 lamp assembly as shown in Figure 3. \n\n\n\n\t(Page 410D, Figure 301B of AN 01-25L-2 covers this same subject.) \n\n\tRevised December 28, 1964.