# AD 60-05-03: Safety Belt

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-22-150 and PA-22-160
- Published: November 2, 1960
- Issued: October 26, 1960
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 1,657 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/C40C997A9CE7315D86256CC40070B7BD.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-05-03

## The airworthiness directive

60-05-03 PIPER: Amdt. 108 Part 507 Federal Register March 2, 1960. Applies to PA-22 "150" and PA-22 "160" Aircraft Serial Numbers 22-3218, 22-3387, 22-3388 to 22-7049 Inclusive, and 22-7054.

Compliance required by April 1, 1960.

Install safety belt extension, P/N 14920-02 or equivalent, on the front seat belt in order to eliminate deterioration due to heat from the rear seat heater outlet and chafing where the web attaches to the attaching lug. P/N 14920-02 has the same geometric design as P/N 14920-0 being replaced, except that P/N 14920-02 is one inch longer measuring 3.5 inches between bolt centerlines.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 184 covers this same subject.)

This supersedes AD 57-17-02.

Revised November 2, 1960.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 1A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A6): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 2 of 8 models: PA-22-160, PA-22-150

## 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: 1,657 (1,657 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 1,656, Piper/Pierce Tony 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150): 1,200 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160): 456 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper/Pierce Tony PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pierce-tony-pa-22-150): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-05-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-05-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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