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83-10-03: Control Wheel Yoke Guide Modification

FAA order 83-10-03 is an airworthiness directive in force since June 30, 1983. The FAA's subject line: Control Wheel Yoke Guide Modification. It names Cessna 172 Skyhawk, Cessna R172 Hawk XP: about 21,428 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Cessna Aircraft Company
Models
172M, 172N, 172P, R172K, F172D, F172E, F172F, F172G, F172H, F172K, F172L, F172M, F172N, F172P, FR172E, FR172F, FR172G, FR172H, FR172J, FR172K
On this site
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,670 registered
Cessna R172 Hawk XP 758 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
June 30, 1983
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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83-10-03 CESSNA: Amendment 39-4655. Applies to the following airplanes certificated in any category: \n\n\nModel\nSerial Numbers \n172M\n17266940 thru 17267584\n172N\n17267585 thru 17274009\n172P\n17274010 thru 17275762, 17275764, 17275765, 17275769, 17275770, 17275788, 17275792, 17275793, 17275796, 17275798, 17275800 thru 17275803, 17275806, and 17275818\nR172K\nR1722000 thru R1723454\nF172\nF17201445 thru F17202194\nFR172\nFR17200591 thru FR17200675\n\n\tCOMPLIANCE: Required as indicated unless already accomplished. \n\n\tTo prevent possible jamming of the elevator control, accomplish the following: \n\n\ta)\tWithin the next 100 hours time-in-service, modify the right-hand control wheel yoke guide in accordance with the instructions in Cessna Single-Engine Customer Care Service Information Letter SE82-38, dated August 13, 1982, and SE82-38 Revision # 1 dated October 29, 1982. \n\n\tb)\tAirplanes may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a base where this AD may be accomplished.c)\tAn equivalent method of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, Federal Aviation Administration, Room 238, Terminal Building 2299, Wichita, Kansas 67209, telephone (316) 269-7000. \n\n\tThis amendment becomes effective on June 30, 1983.

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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 October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/83-10-03.json · aircraft systems.