# AD 71-15-03: Generator System Cables

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: SOCATA MS 880B and MS 894A
- Effective: July 26, 1971
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-1247
- Registered aircraft: 31 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1BBE638C5A7C910986256A56005C1D5D.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/71-15-03

## The airworthiness directive

71-15-03 SOCATA MORANE SAULNIER: Amdt. 39-1247. Applies to Morane Saulnier Model MS.880B and MS.894A airplanes.

Compliance is required within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished.

To prevent short circuits in the cables of the generator system, rework the cables of the generator system in accordance with paragraph 2 degrees/, SOCATA Service Bulletin No. 79 (Gr. 24-01), dated October 1970, or an FAA-approved equivalent.

This amendment becomes effective 26 July 1971.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A14](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A14): Daher; names 2 of 13 models: MS 894A, MS 880B

## 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/71-15-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/71-15-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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