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AD/CESSNA 170/72 - Cigar Lighter Wiring

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What it does: This Directive orders owners of specified Cessna 170/172/175-series aeroplanes (listed by serial number) to either deactivate the cockpit cigar lighter or install a circuit-protection device. Compliance is required at the next annual inspection, or within 100 flight hours or 12 months of the AD taking effect.

Who pays and why it matters: Aircraft owners arrange and pay for the work; the measure is intended to prevent wiring shorts, smoke, or fire reported overseas, and must be certified by maintenance personnel within the inspection window.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

For the reasons set out in the background section, the CASA delegate whose signature appears below issues the following Airworthiness Directive (AD) under subregulation 39.1 (1) of CAR 1998. The AD requires that the action set out in the requirement section (being action that the delegate considers necessary to correct the unsafe condition) be taken in relation to the aircraft or aeronautical product mentioned in the applicability section: (a) in the circumstances mentioned in the requirement section; and (b) in accordance with the instructions set out in the requirement section; and (c) at the time mentioned in the compliance section.

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Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 170/72 Cigar Lighter Wiring 3/

AD/CESSNA 170/72 Cigar Lighter Wiring 3/2003

Applicability: Model 170, 172, R172, P172 and 175 series aeroplanes with serial numbers listed in the following table:

Models

170

172

R172 P172 175

Serial Numbers

18000 through 20999 and 25000 through 27169

28000 through 29999, 46001 through 47746, 17247747 through

17250572, and 17259224 through 17267584

R1722000 through R1722724 P17257120 through P17257189

55001 through 56777 and 17556778 through 17557119

Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Ser

Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 170/72 (Continued)

Compliance: At the next annual inspection, but no later that 100 hours time in service or 12 months after the effective date of this Directive, which ever occurs first.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 20 March 2003.

Background: Incidents of the cigar lighter unprotected electrical wiring shorting have been reported overseas. This Directive requires either the deactivation of the cigar lighter or the installation of a circuit protection device. These measures are designed to prevent an in-flight electrical system failure, smoke in the cockpit, and/or fire in the wire bundle behind the instrument panel.

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James Coyne

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 7 February 2003

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The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 February 2003.

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AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE

Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 170/72 Cigar Lighter Wiring 3/ AD/CESSNA 170/72 Cigar Lighter Wiring 3/2003

AD/CESSNA 170/72 Cigar Lighter Wiring 3/2003

Applicability: Model 170, 172, R172, P172 and 175 series aeroplanes with serial numbers listed in the following table:

Models Models

Models

170

172

R172 P172 175

Serial Numbers Serial Numbers

Serial Numbers

18000 through 20999 and 25000 through 27169

28000 through 29999, 46001 through 47746, 17247747 through

17250572, and 17259224 through 17267584

R1722000 through R1722724 P17257120 through P17257189

55001 through 56777 and 17556778 through 17557119

Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Ser Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Series Aeroplanes

Cessna 170, 172, F172, FR172 and 175 Series Aeroplanes

AD/CESSNA 170/72 (Continued)

Compliance: At the next annual inspection, but no later that 100 hours time in service or 12 months after the effective date of this Directive, which ever occurs first.

This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 20 March 2003.

James Coyne

Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 7 February 2003