{"id":"F2006B02557","name":"AD/AT/8 Amdt 1 - Aileron Control - Push-Pull Rods","slug":"ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":41813,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B02557-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/AT/8 Amdt 1 - Aileron Control - Push-Pull Rods","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 \\- 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY\n\nSCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES\n\n![](image.001.png)  \nAirtractor AT-300, 400 and 500 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/AT/8\n\nAmdt 1\n\n  \nAileron Control \\- Push-Pull Rods 12/92\n\nApplicability: All models and serial numbers except the following: S/N 401/402-0678 and subsequent, and S/N 502-0008 and subsequent.\n\nRequirement: Inspect all aileron push/pull rods in the left and right wings for chafing and evidence of contact with wing ribs.\n\nNote: To adequately inspect some areas it may be necessary to remove the rods.\n\nCompliance: Unless already accomplished, at the next scheduled inspection for maintenance release issue after 30 September 1986.\n\nBackground: This one-time inspection is the result of a Major Defect Report.\n\nDuring a rebuild, aileron push/pull rods from both wings were found to be chafed where the rods passed through wing lightening holes. One case was particularly severe where the rod had vibrated against the edge of a rib and penetrated the tube wall.\n\nAmendment 1 is issued in response to information recently received from the manufacturer which addressed a production change that was incorporated at manufacture. This modification enlarged a flap bay rib lightening hole and also adjusted the pivot point of the aileron bellcrank. This Directive is amended accordingly to delete these affected aircraft from the applicability.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1811},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Amendment 1 narrowed the directive's scope by excluding aircraft manufactured with a specific production modification (enlarged flap bay rib lightening holes and adjusted aileron bellcrank pivot points), identified by serial numbers 401/402-0678+ and 502-0008+."},"complexity_factors":["Specific serial number exclusions requiring cross-checking against aircraft logs","Technical aviation terminology (aileron, bellcrank, lightening holes, push-pull rods)","Reference to external maintenance scheduling (maintenance release issue)","Single, discrete requirement with conditional applicability logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This directive orders owners/operators of AirTractor AT-300, 400, and 500 series agricultural airplanes to inspect inboard aileron push-pull control rods inside the wings for chafing and contact marks after discovery of severe wear that in one case nearly wore through a rod and risked loss of control.  \n\nNewer aircraft (serials 401/402-0678+ and 502-0008+) built with larger rib holes and repositioned bellcranks are now exempt; the amendment removes their inspection requirement."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods","history":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-at-8-amdt-1-aileron-control-push-pull-rods/documents"}}