58-16-01: Cigar Lighter Fuse
FAA order 58-16-01 is an airworthiness directive published September 26, 1958. The FAA's subject line: Cigar Lighter Fuse. It names Piper PA-20 Pacer, Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt: about 3,266 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, 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
- Piper Aircraft Inc.
- Models
- PA-20, PA-22
- On this site
- Piper PA-20 Pacer 323 registered
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 2,943 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Published
- September 26, 1958
- 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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58-16-01 PIPER: Applies to Model PA-20 Serial Numbers 20-1 to 20-1121 Inclusive, and Model PA-22 Serial Numbers 22-1 to 22-6087 Inclusive, That Have Cigar Lighters Installed.
Compliance required within next 100 hours of operation.
To preclude the possibility of blowing the master fuses, due to a short circuit caused by a faulty cigar lighter element, install a 15-ampere standard fuse, Bussman No. AGC-15 or equivalent, in the wire between the cigar lighter and the ammeter.
(Piper Service Bulletin Number 163A covers the same subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
2005-07-07CE-05-67 ·
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/58-16-01.json · aircraft systems.