# AD 47-22-03: Landing Gear Tie Strap

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: FS 2003 PA-12
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 1,242 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E79F11EFD220FBE88625698B00763942.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-22-03

## The airworthiness directive

47-22-03 PIPER: (Was Mandatory Note 4 of AD-780-3.) Applies Only to PA-12 Aircraft Serial Numbers 12-1 and Up to 12-249 Except Serial Numbers 12-221, 12-236, 12-239 and 12-244.

Compliance required prior to August 1, 1947.

Reinforce the upper end of the tie strap on the landing gear with a 0.125 x 1 1/2 x 4 1/2, 4130 steel plate. Bend and trim to fit and install over end of strap by edge welding.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 93 dated August 8, 1946, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-780](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-780): FS 2003 Corp.; names 1 of 2 models: PA-12

## 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: 1,242 (1,242 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 1,242

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12): 1,242 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-22-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/47-22-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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