# AD 46-44-02: Safety Belt Bracket Reinforcement

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Cessna 120 and 140
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 2,265 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/908F53EB7890C51D86256A34005FE33E.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-02

## The airworthiness directive

46-44-02 CESSNA: (Was Mandatory Note 2 of AD-768-4.) Applies Only to 120 and 140 Aircraft Serial Numbers 8001 to 9619, Inclusive.

Compliance required prior to January 1, 1947.

Reinforce attachment of the safety belt brackets to the skin of the fuselage by the addition of three AN 456AD5 rivets at the safety belt end of each bracket. Make certain that the rivets pass through both bracket and fuselage skin to insure a good connection.

(Cessna Service Letter No. 10-120 and 140 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-768](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-768): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 2 of 2 models: 140, 120

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 2,265 (2,265 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 2,265

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140): 1,605 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120): 660 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-44-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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