# AD 48-13-03: Battery Hold Down Brackets

- 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- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD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/5C3DC01715A599158625698B00763E9E.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-13-03

## 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 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/48-13-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-13-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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