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AD 51-23-03 ACTIVE

Battery Box Insulation
Key Information
AD Number 51-23-03 Status Active
Effective Date Not specified Issue Date December 04, 1956
Docket Number Unknown Amendment N/A
Product Type ["Aircraft"] Product Subtype ["Small Airplane"]
CFR Part --- - Part 39 CFR Section --- - _EMPTY_
Citation This information is not available.
Applicability
Manufacturer(s) Piper Aircraft Inc.
Model(s) PA-16 PA-20 PA-22
Regulatory Text

51-23-03 PIPER: Applies to Model PA-16 Aircraft, Serial Numbers 16-1 and Up; PA-20 Aircraft, Serial Numbers 20-1 Through 20-802; and PA-22 Aircraft, Serial Numbers 22-1 Through 22-348.

Compliance required as soon as possible, but not later than October 15, 1951.

Install insulators of sufficient area inside the battery box cover over the battery terminals to positively prevent a metallic contact between the wing nuts or terminals and cover. Hard fiber rubber or phenolic insulating materials 1/16-inch minimum thickness may be used.

(Piper Service Bulletin No. 118 covers this same subject.)

Office of Primary Responsibility
["AIR-720: Operational Safety Branch"]