FAA Advisories concern how to comply with airworthiness regulations. This collection was published from 1957 to 2000. The FAA Advisory Circular System was established for the publication of nonregulatory guidance and informational material to the public. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_faacirculars or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530829.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1965-09-03
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This circular provides a means, but not the sole means for acceptance of glass fiber fabric for external covering of aircraft structure.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1965). AC 20-44: Glass Firer Fabric for Aircraft Covering. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514272
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-44: Glass Firer Fabric for Aircraft Covering" (1965), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514272
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-44: Glass Firer Fabric for Aircraft Covering" , 1965, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514272
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1965-09-17
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To provide information on turnbuckle safety methods that have been found acceptable by the Agency during past aircraft type certification programs.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1965). AC 20-45: Safetying of Turnbuckles on Civil Aircraft. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514273
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-45: Safetying of Turnbuckles on Civil Aircraft" (1965), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514273
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-45: Safetying of Turnbuckles on Civil Aircraft" , 1965, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514273
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1965-09-23
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This circular provides guidance to glider operators on bow to equip their gliders for operation under instrument flight rules (IFR), including flight through clouds.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1965). AC 20-46: Suggested Equipment for Gliders Operating Under IFR. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514274
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-46: Suggested Equipment for Gliders Operating Under IFR" (1965), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514274
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-46: Suggested Equipment for Gliders Operating Under IFR" , 1965, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514274
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1966-02-08
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This circular sets forth an acceptable means but not the only means of complying with the requirement for a two-Inch colored band outlining exits required to be openable from the outside on transport airplanes.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1966). AC 20-47: Exterior Colored Band Around Exits on Transport Airplanes. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514275
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-47: Exterior Colored Band Around Exits on Transport Airplanes" (1966), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514275
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-47: Exterior Colored Band Around Exits on Transport Airplanes" , 1966, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514275
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1966-01-01
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This publication is a guide to be used by groups or emergency readiness teams in the civil aviation industry for organizing and conducting practice exercises in aircraft decontamination.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1966). AC 20-48: Practice Guide for Decontaminating Aircraft. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514276
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-48: Practice Guide for Decontaminating Aircraft" (1966), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514276
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-48: Practice Guide for Decontaminating Aircraft" , 1966, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514276
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1966-07-27
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This circular provides information to the public on the results of a statistical study dealing with the frequency of bird strikes on transport aircraft and the conditions of damage sustained.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1966). AC 20-49: Analysis of Bird Strike Reports on Transport Category Airplanes Operating in Continental Limits of the United States. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514277
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-49: Analysis of Bird Strike Reports on Transport Category Airplanes Operating in Continental Limits of the United States" (1966), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514277
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-49: Analysis of Bird Strike Reports on Transport Category Airplanes Operating in Continental Limits of the United States" , 1966, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514277
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1967-04-12
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This advisory circular provides assistance to persons who desire to obtain FAA approval of major alterations to type certificated products.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1967). AC 20-51: Procedures for Obtaining FAA Approval of Major Alterations to Type Certificated Products. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514278
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-51: Procedures for Obtaining FAA Approval of Major Alterations to Type Certificated Products" (1967), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514278
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-51: Procedures for Obtaining FAA Approval of Major Alterations to Type Certificated Products" , 1967, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514278
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1974-01-01
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This handbook describes maintenance inspection notes which can be used for the maintenance support of certain structural parts of DC-6/7 series aircraft.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1974). AC 20-52: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Douglas DC-6/7 Series Aircraft. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514279
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-52: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Douglas DC-6/7 Series Aircraft" (1974), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514279
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-52: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Douglas DC-6/7 Series Aircraft" , 1974, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514279
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1967-10-06
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This circular sets forth acceptable means, not the sole meant, by which compliance may be shown with fuel eye ten lightning protection airworthiness regulations (Section 25.954).
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1967). AC 20-53: Protection of Aircraft Fuel Systems Against Lightning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514280
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-53: Protection of Aircraft Fuel Systems Against Lightning" (1967), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514280
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-53: Protection of Aircraft Fuel Systems Against Lightning" , 1967, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514280
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1985-04-12
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This Advisory Circular (AC) provides information and guidance concerning an acceptable means, but not the only means, of compliance with Parts 23 or 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), applicable to preventing ignition of fuel vapors due to lightning. Accordingly, this material is neither mandatory nor regulatory in nature and does not co
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1985). AC 20-53A: Protection of Airplane Fuel Systems Against Fuel Vapor Ignition Due to Lightning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514281
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-53A: Protection of Airplane Fuel Systems Against Fuel Vapor Ignition Due to Lightning" (1985), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514281
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-53A: Protection of Airplane Fuel Systems Against Fuel Vapor Ignition Due to Lightning" , 1985, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514281
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1967-10-24
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This advisory circular provides information concerning health hazards associated with the repair and maintenance of instruments containing luminous markings activated with radium 226 or radium 228 (mesothorium).
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1967). AC 20-54: Hazards of Radium-Activated Luminous Compounds Used on Aircraft Instruments. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514282
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-54: Hazards of Radium-Activated Luminous Compounds Used on Aircraft Instruments" (1967), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514282
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-54: Hazards of Radium-Activated Luminous Compounds Used on Aircraft Instruments" , 1967, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514282
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1968-01-22
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This circular advises operators of the necessity for periodic checking of black light lamps and filters used during fluorescent penetrant inspection of engine parts. Failure to perform these checks might result in inadequate inspection of parts due to insufficient light intensity.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1968). AC 20-55: Turbine Engine Overhaul Standard Practices Manual - Maintenance of Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Equipment. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514283
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-55: Turbine Engine Overhaul Standard Practices Manual - Maintenance of Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Equipment" (1968), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514283
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-55: Turbine Engine Overhaul Standard Practices Manual - Maintenance of Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Equipment" , 1968, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514283
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1968-01-19
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This circular outlines acceptable methods for marking individual flotation devices which also serve as seat cushions.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1968). AC 20-56: Marking of TSO-C72A Individual Flotation Devices. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514284
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-56: Marking of TSO-C72A Individual Flotation Devices" (1968), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514284
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-56: Marking of TSO-C72A Individual Flotation Devices" , 1968, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514284
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1975-04-01
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This circular outlines acceptable methods for marking individual flotation devices which also serve as seat cushions.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1975). AC 20-56A: Marking of TSO-C72B Individual Flotation Devices. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514285
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-56A: Marking of TSO-C72B Individual Flotation Devices" (1975), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514285
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-56A: Marking of TSO-C72B Individual Flotation Devices" , 1975, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514285
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1968-01-29
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This circular sets forth an acceptable means of compliance but not the only means for the installation approval of automatic landing systems in transport category aircraft which may be used initially in Category II operations. Approval of these aircraft for use under such conditions will permit the accumulation of data for systems which may be appr
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1968). AC 20-57: Automatic Landing Systems. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514286
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-57: Automatic Landing Systems" (1968), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514286
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-57: Automatic Landing Systems" , 1968, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514286
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1971-01-12
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This circular sets forth an acceptable means of compliance but not the only means for the installation approval of automatic landing systems in transport category aircraft which may be used initially in Category II operations. Approval of these aircraft for use under such conditions will permit the accumulation of data for systems which may be appr
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1971). AC 20-57A: Automatic Landing Systems (Als). https://doi.org/10.21949/1514287
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-57A: Automatic Landing Systems (Als)" (1971), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514287
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-57A: Automatic Landing Systems (Als)" , 1971, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514287
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1969-04-28
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This advisory circular sets forth acceptable means of testing for compliance with Section 91.36(b) of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1969). AC 20-58A: Acceptable Means of Testing Automatic Altitude Reporting Equipment for Compliance with FAR 91.36(B). https://doi.org/10.21949/1514288
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-58A: Acceptable Means of Testing Automatic Altitude Reporting Equipment for Compliance with FAR 91.36(B)" (1969), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514288
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-58A: Acceptable Means of Testing Automatic Altitude Reporting Equipment for Compliance with FAR 91.36(B)" , 1969, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514288
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1969-02-19
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This handbook describes maintenance inspection notes which can be used for the maintenance support of certain structural parts of Convair 240 and 600/240D; Models 340/440 and 640/340D/440D series aircraft.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1969). AC 20-59: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Convair Models 240 and 600/240D. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514289
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-59: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Convair Models 240 and 600/240D" (1969), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514289
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-59: Maintenance Inspection Notes for Convair Models 240 and 600/240D" , 1969, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514289
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
1968-01-01
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The purpose of the booklet is to acquaint the prospective pilot and aircraft owner with some fundamental information on the requirements for owning and operating an aircraft. It is not a Regulation and it is not intended to interpret Regulations.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration (1968). AC 20-5B: Plane Sense. https://doi.org/10.21949/1514291
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-5B: Plane Sense" (1968), https://doi.org/10.21949/1514291
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration "AC 20-5B: Plane Sense" , 1968, https://doi.org/10.21949/1514291
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