{"id":"F2008L03413","name":"AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1 - Engine Mount - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":120429,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03413-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Cessna 180, 182 and Wren 460 Series Aero","sectionType":"division","heading":"Cessna 180, 182 and Wren 460 Series Aeroplanes","content":"### Cessna 180, 182 and Wren 460 Series Aeroplanes\n\n| AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1 | Engine Mount | 10/2008 |\n| ---------------------- | ------------ | ------- |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |\n| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 25 September 2008.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |\n| Background:  | This unique Australian AD, issued in 1980, required a visual inspection of the engine mounts in the vicinity of the weld joints. This inspection requirement is adequately covered in Schedule 5 and the manufacturer’s maintenance manual and therefore the AD is no longer required. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Villiers  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n12 August 2008","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1","content":"## AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Engine Mount","sectionType":"part","heading":"Engine Mount","content":"## Engine Mount","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"10/2008","sectionType":"part","heading":"10/2008","content":"## 10/2008","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1893},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument eliminates the regulatory requirements entirely rather than expanding them. The scope has contracted to zero (cancellation) because equivalent inspection requirements now exist in other maintenance documents."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation of previous directive)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Extremely brief (approximately 50 words of substantive text)","Only incidental reference to other documents (Schedule 5 and maintenance manual)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially cancels a previous aviation safety rule that applied to **Cessna 180, 182, and Wren 460 aircraft**. \n\n**What it did:** The original directive (issued in 1980) required owners to visually inspect engine mounts near weld joints for cracks or defects.\n\n**What happens now:** As of **25 September 2008**, this specific Australian directive is no longer in force. The inspection requirements are now considered adequately covered by the **manufacturer's maintenance manual** and **Schedule 5** of the aviation regulations.\n\n**Who is affected:** Owners and operators of these specific aircraft models no longer need to comply with this particular directive, but must continue following the standard maintenance manual requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-cessna-180-4-amdt-1-engine-mount-cancelled/documents"}}