48-13-04: Fuse-Clip Attachment
FAA order 48-13-04 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fuse-Clip Attachment. 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: other and general.
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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48-13-04 PIPER: Applies to PA-12 Aircraft Serial Numbers 12-1 Through 12-3450; 12- 3452; 12-3454 Through 12-3467; 12-3469 Through 12-3471; 12-3473 Through 12-3491; 12- 3993 Through 12-3504; 12-3506; 12-3507; 12-3511 Through 12-3520; 12-3522 Through 12- 3531; 12-3533; 12-3535 Through 12-3543; 12-3545 Through 12-3548; 12-3553; 12-3901 Through 12-3958; 12-3960 Through 12-3962; 12-3965 Through 12-3976; 12-3983; 12-3984; 12- 3988; 12-3990 Through 12-3994.
Compliance required by May 1, 1948.
To avoid arcing between the fuse clip and the wire attachment plate on the fuse block caused by loosening of the fuse clip attaching rivets, replace rivets by No. 4 machine screws and stake threads.
(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
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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/48-13-04.json · aircraft systems.