{"id":"F2006B02359","name":"AD/AMD 20/20 - Horizontal Stabiliser Attachment Fittings","slug":"ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":41589,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B02359-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/AMD 20/20 - Horizontal Stabiliser Attachment Fittings","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\n\nSCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)  AMD Fan Jet Falcon (Falcon 20/Mystere-Falcon 200) Series Aeroplanes\n\n \n\nAD/AMD 20/20 Horizontal Stabiliser Attachment Fittings 2/88\n\nDM\n\n \n\nApplicability: Models D, E, F, G and GF.\n\n \n\nRequirement: (a) Remove the horizontal stabilizer and inspect fittings in accordance with paragraph 2.C(2)(b) of Avions Marcel Dassault SB AMD-BA FJF-A709, or\n\n \n\n(b) Inspect the stabilizer fittings in-situ, in accordance with a NDI procedure approved by the Secretary.\n\n \n\nCompliance: Within 200 hours time in service after 30 November 1987.\n\n \n\nBackground: The manufacturer has reported stress corrosion cracking of the stabilizer attachment lugs.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3107},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This directive maintains a narrow, targeted scope addressing a specific airworthiness safety issue (stress corrosion cracking in stabilizer fittings) for a defined aircraft type. It has not expanded beyond its original technical safety purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single-page instrument with minimal provisions","No definitions section or interpretive clauses","Simple binary choice between two compliance methods","Specific, unambiguous applicability limited to five aircraft models","Single, clear compliance deadline with no exceptions or extensions detailed"],"plain_english_summary":"This Airworthiness Directive requires operators of AMD Fan Jet Falcon 20 models D, E, F, G, and GF to inspect horizontal stabiliser attachment fittings for stress corrosion cracking. \n\nInspections must be done within 200 flight hours after 30 Nov 1987, either by removing the stabiliser and following the manufacturer's Service Bulletin or by an in‑place, Secretary‑approved non‑destructive inspection (e.g., X‑ray/ultrasonic)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings","history":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-amd-20-20-horizontal-stabiliser-attachment-fittings/documents"}}