Cruisemaster Data Plate Location

[Anonymous]

Had a call from a Canadian member wanting to know where the data plate on a 1950 Cruisemaster is located. He has had the plane for over 25 years and doesn't ever remember seeing it.

Can you help?

 

[dwmmg08]

It's on the lower right side, on the Kick? panel with some gauges... not the main panel, but rather a separate one, there's ones on both sides in my plane?

 

[trombair]

guys!

there are 2 data plates on N522A (1951 14-19). one is attached to the outside of the battery door on the rhs just forward of the horizontal. it appears to me to be fairly new, although it has the bellanca logo and info on it.

the other one i only found last year. it's riveted on the fuse frame on the lhs just under the horizontal and forward of the elevator trim access cover. it is stamped with the serial no. and some other writing i can't see clearly. it appears that it would only be fully accessible with the covering removed.

hope this helps.

blue skies,
vic & N522A

 

[alabamaflyboy]

On my 1950 14-19, S/N 2010, the data plate was located in the vertical stabilizer behind the access plate on the pilot's side.

Dave York

 

[peterdeon]

I had a 1950 Cruisemaster (515A) and never found the dataplate. I did find one on my 14-19-2 and it was in the cabin on the tubing near the trim adjust. I think the ones externally on the left fuselage are added later to make customs happy.

 

[airplayn]

Those external data plates under the stabilizer where added to all US registered aircraft in the late 70's when the FAA made it a requirement to have manufacturer, model, and serial number placed on the exterior in that location. I think this was to make it easier to attach true aircraft ID for the "drug wars" at the time (smugglers where changing "N" numbers all the time with water based paints to fool the DEA).

On my 1940 T'cart I had in the 70's and 80's and the 1946 14-13 I had in 1986 I actually painted that data on 'cause I didn't want to glue a metal ID plate on my fabric.

The factory data plates are on the interior of the cabin, the location varies.

 

[taxbuster]

My 14-19-3 has it on the upright tubing near the 'grab bar' on the pilot's side.

 

[Dan Cullman]

Ditto the last post. On my -2, sn 4003, it's by the grab bar on the left side.......'Northern Aircraft Industries.'

 

[lwford]

Doble dit my -2 s/n 4070 Lynn :|

 

[Rodney]

I've yet to locate mine but after reading this again am preparing a more thorough search this weekend. I just completed my first annual yesterday and was told that since living 3 miles from the border out here in southwest Texas I had better find the data plate as well as definitely get an outer plate ordered from Spruce or somewhere, Pronto!

 

[Jonathan Baron]

I too checked all the usual suspect locations, Rodney. In the end, Alexandria kindly made me a new one which I mounted in one of the locations people told me to look...to no avail previously.