# AD 48-13-04: Fuse-Clip Attachment

- 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- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD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/42C9153F00CDA2578625699900507855.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-13-04

## The airworthiness directive

48-13-04 PIPER: Applies to PA-12 Aircraft Serial Numbers 12-1 Through 12-3450; 12- 3452; 12-3454 Through 12-3467; 12-3469 Through 12-3471; 12-3473 Through 12-3491; 12- 3993 Through 12-3504; 12-3506; 12-3507; 12-3511 Through 12-3520; 12-3522 Through 12- 3531; 12-3533; 12-3535 Through 12-3543; 12-3545 Through 12-3548; 12-3553; 12-3901 Through 12-3958; 12-3960 Through 12-3962; 12-3965 Through 12-3976; 12-3983; 12-3984; 12- 3988; 12-3990 Through 12-3994.

Compliance required by May 1, 1948.

To avoid arcing between the fuse clip and the wire attachment plate on the fuse block caused by loosening of the fuse clip attaching rivets, replace rivets by No. 4 machine screws and stake threads.

(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/48-13-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-13-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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