48-13-03: Battery Hold Down Brackets
FAA order 48-13-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Battery Hold Down Brackets. It names Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser: about 1,247 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: electrical power.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- FS 2003 Corp.
- Models
- PA-12
- On this site
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser 1,247 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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48-13-03 PIPER: Applies to PA-12 Airplanes With Battery Holddown of Metal Bracket With Fiber Insulation at Its End.
Compliance required by October 1, 1948.
To eliminate battery short circuits caused by defective battery holddown brackets, replace brackets by wood blocks, Piper P/N 84682-3 and 84682-9 or equivalent. (Piper Service Bulletin No. 105 dated February 18, 1948, covers this same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
1998-10-21ACE-99-01 ·
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/48-13-03.json · aircraft systems.