# AD 83-10-03: Control Wheel Yoke Guide Modification

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Cessna 172M, 172N, 172P, R172K, F172D, F172E, F172F, F172G, F172H, F172K, F172L, F172M and 8 more
- Effective: June 30, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-4655
- Registered aircraft: 8,488 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3D055F1F56F0553A862569B9004D0ED4.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-10-03

## The airworthiness directive

83-10-03 CESSNA: Amendment 39-4655. Applies to the following airplanes certificated in any category:

Model Serial Numbers 172M 17266940 thru 17267584 172N 17267585 thru 17274009 172P 17274010 thru 17275762, 17275764, 17275765, 17275769, 17275770, 17275788, 17275792, 17275793, 17275796, 17275798, 17275800 thru 17275803, 17275806, and 17275818 R172K R1722000 thru R1723454 F172 F17201445 thru F17202194 FR172 FR17200591 thru FR17200675

COMPLIANCE: Required as indicated unless already accomplished.

To prevent possible jamming of the elevator control, accomplish the following:

a) Within the next 100 hours time-in-service, modify the right-hand control wheel yoke guide in accordance with the instructions in Cessna Single-Engine Customer Care Service Information Letter SE82-38, dated August 13, 1982, and SE82-38 Revision # 1 dated October 29, 1982.

b) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a base where this AD may be accomplished.c) An equivalent method of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 238, Terminal Building 2299, Wichita, Kansas 67209, telephone (316) 269-7000.

This amendment becomes effective on June 30, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (4) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A4EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A4EU): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 10 of 11 models: F172F, F172M, F172H, F172L, F172N, F172E, F172G, F172D…
- [TCDS A18EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A18EU): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 6 of 6 models: FR172G, FR172J, FR172K, FR172E, FR172H, FR172F
- [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 3 of 18 models: 172M, 172P, 172N
- [TCDS 3A17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A17): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 1 of 12 models: R172K

## 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: 8,488 (8,488 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 8,481, Reims Aviation S A 6, Reims 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m): 3,573 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n): 3,138 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p): 1,111 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k): 653 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Reims Aviation S A CESSNA F172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/reims-aviation-s-a-cessna-f172h): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna F172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-f172g): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna F172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-f172h): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna FR 172 J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-fr-172-j): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna FR 172 K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-fr-172-k): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna F172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-f172m): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Reims Aviation S A CESSNA F172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/reims-aviation-s-a-cessna-f172p): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Reims F172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/reims-f172k): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 12 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-10-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-10-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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