# AD 83-12-03: Battery Switch Wiring

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Cessna 441
- Effective: June 28, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-4669
- Registered aircraft: 172 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/56E6771EA13E62A0862569B9004D0FAF.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-12-03

## The airworthiness directive

83-12-03 CESSNA: Amendment 39-4669. Applies to Model 441, S/N 441-0173 through 441- 0311 and 441-0001 through 441-0172 incorporating Service Kit SK441-37, airplanes certificated in any category. (Airplanes incorporating SK441-37 Revision A or later revisions are not affected.)

Compliance: Required within the next 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To detect and correct a possible error in battery switch wiring which may contribute to thermal runaway of the nickel-cadmium batteries, accomplish the following:

  (a) Inspect and, if necessary, prior to further flight modify the dual battery switch installation as specified in Cessna Service Information Letter PJ83-9, dated April 22, 1983, or Revision 1 dated June 3, 1983.

  (b) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a location where the AD may be accomplished.

  (c) An equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by theManager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, Room 238, Terminal Building 2299, Mid- Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209, Telephone (316) 269-7000.

This amendment becomes effective on June 28, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A28CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A28CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 1 of 1 models: 441

## 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: 172 (172 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 172

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 441](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441): 172 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-12-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-12-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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