- Model
- PA-12
- Data sheet
- TCDSA-780
- Registered aircraft
- 1,242 matched by model
- Product
- Aircraft · Small airplane
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The airworthiness directive
48-13-03 PIPER: Applies to PA-12 Airplanes With Battery Holddown of Metal Bracket With Fiber Insulation at Its End.
Compliance required by October 1, 1948.
To eliminate battery short circuits caused by defective battery holddown brackets, replace brackets by wood blocks, Piper P/N 84682-3 and 84682-9 or equivalent. (Piper Service Bulletin No. 105 dated February 18, 1948, covers this same subject.)
Affected TCDS · 1
The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.
Registered aircraft · 1,242
Registered aircraft whose airframe or engine model this AD names. Matched by model only, so check each against the AD’s applicability.
| 1945 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1946 | 415 |
| 1947 | 569 |
| 1948 | 2 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1954 | 2 |
| 1955 | 3 |
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 |
243 with no year recorded