Airworthiness Directive 48-03-05
one-timeAD 48-03-05 · 1948-01-01 · airframe
Airworthiness Directives; Smith Aircraft Corporation Skyways International Trading and Transport Co. Tempo Design Corporation C-46A C-46D C-46F C-46R C-46E
Which aircraft AD 48-03-05 applies to
MakesL. B. Smith Aircraft CorporationSkyways International Trading And Transport Co.Tempo Design CorporationAirlift International, Inc.Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
ModelsC-46A, C-46D, C-46F, C-46R, C-46E, C-46/CW20-T, Super C-46/CW20-T, C-46, CW-20
Whether AD 48-03-05 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.
How AD compliance is recorded
A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:
Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 48-03-05 complied with on your aircraft?
Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.
Look up a tail number →Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.