{"id":"F2006B05527","name":"AD/PA-24/29 - Rudder Balance Weight - Installation","slug":"ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":46414,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B05527-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/PA-24/29 - Rudder Balance Weight - Installation","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)  Piper PA-24 (Comanche) Series Aeroplanes\n\n \n\nAD/PA-24/29 Rudder Balance Weight - Installation 1/73\n\nApplicability: Models PA-24 and PA-24-250 with S/Nos. 24-1 to 24-3641 and 24-3643 to 24-3687.\n\nModel PA-24-260 with S/Nos. 24- 3642 and 24-4000 to 24-5026.\n\n \n\nDocument: Piper SB No. 362A.\n\n \n\nCompliance: Within 50 hours time in service after 18 December 1972 or before 1 February 1973 whichever occurs first.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2120},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1973 directive (marked '1/73'). The scope remains tightly focused on the specific technical issue of rudder balance weight installation for the identified Piper aircraft models, consistent with the original safety purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short text (under 150 words)","Single compliance requirement with simple conditional deadline","Limited applicability restricted to specific aircraft serial number ranges","Only one external reference (Piper Service Bulletin No. 362A)","No nested definitions or cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This mandatory Airworthiness Directive requires owners of early Piper Comanche aeroplanes (PA‑24, PA‑24‑250, PA‑24‑260 with serials beginning “24-”, up to 24‑5026) to install or inspect the rudder balance weight per Piper Service Bulletin No. 362A.  \n\nComply within the specified short deadline (50 flight hours after 18 Dec 1972 or before 1 Feb 1973). It’s a compulsory safety fix — noncompliance is illegal and can risk loss of control."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-24-29-rudder-balance-weight-installation/documents"}}