Curtiss C-46F — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist

4 Curtiss C-46Fs are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.

Registered
4
Applicable ADs
5
Recurring
0
Serial-conditional
35

Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Curtiss C-46F

  • one-time
    AD 66-02-02 — Airworthiness Directives; International, Inc. Curtiss-Wright Corporation Flying Tiger Line, Inc. L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation Skyways International Trad · 1966-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 57-15-02 — Airworthiness Directives; Curtiss-Wright Corporation Flying Tiger Line, Inc. L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation Skyways International Trading and Transport Co · 1957-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 47-51-05 — Airworthiness Directives; International, Inc. Curtiss-Wright Corporation Flying Tiger Line, Inc. L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation Skyways International Trad · 1947-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 60-03-02 — Airworthiness Directives; Airlift International, Inc., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Flying Tiger Line, Inc., L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation, Skyways International Trading and Transport Co., Tempo Design Corporation — Cargo and Baggage Compartments · 1960-01-01
  • one-time
    AD 49-18-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Airlift International, Inc., Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Flying Tiger Line, Inc., L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation, Skyways International Trading and Transport Co., Tempo Design Corporation — Combustion Heater Fire Protection · 1949-01-01

This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 35 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.

The records checklist for a Curtiss C-46F

Airworthiness Directives
Every applicable AD matched to compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates.
Annual / 100-hr inspections
A continuous, signed inspection history (14 CFR 91.409) with no gaps.
Service bulletins & letters
Mandatory and recommended SBs/SLs, complied or noted.
Life-limited parts
Airworthiness-limitations items tracked against their limits.
Form 337s / major alterations
Field approvals and STCs on file and reconciled.
Equipment inspections
ELT (91.207), transponder (91.413), altimeter/pitot-static (91.411).
Damage & accident history
NTSB and repair-major records for this exact tail.
Logbook continuity
Unbroken records — the gaps are where value and airworthiness hide.
Run a verified records report on your C-46F

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Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.