# AD 70-17-05: Battery Box Modification

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: SOCATA MS 880B, MS 885 and MS 894A
- Effective: September 12, 1970
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-1067
- Registered aircraft: 31 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/6F874F6B5C48FAAE86256A56005C0ABE.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/70-17-05

## The airworthiness directive

70-17-05 MORANE SAULNIER: Amdt. 39-1067. Applies to Models MS. 880B, MS. 885, and MS. 894A airplanes.

To prevent a possible fire resulting from contact between the terminal components of the battery cable and the battery box, within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished, accomplish the following:

  (a) Modify the battery box by installing an insulating plate in accordance with Socata Service Bulletin No. 68 dated November 1969 or later SGAC-approved issue or an FAA- approved equivalent.

  (b) Inspect the battery cables in the area of the battery box for damage due to wear against the battery box.

  (c) If the battery cable is found to be damaged during the inspection required by paragraph (b), before further flight replace the cable with a serviceable cable of the same part number.

This amendment becomes effective September 12, 1970.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A14](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A14): Daher; names 3 of 13 models: MS 894A, MS 880B, MS 885

## 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: 31 (31 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: S.O.C.A.T.A. 28, Morane-Saulnier 3

Models with the most aircraft:

- [S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894A](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms894a): 27 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Morane-Saulnier MS880B](https://openairdocs.org/model/morane-saulnier-ms880b): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [S.O.C.A.T.A. MS880B](https://openairdocs.org/model/s-o-c-a-t-a-ms880b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/70-17-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/70-17-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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