{"id":"F2006B05608","name":"AD/PA-28/51 - Aileron Centring Cable - Inspection","slug":"ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":135222,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B05608-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/PA-28/51 - Aileron Centring Cable - Inspection","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)  \nPiper PA-28 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/PA-28/51 Aileron Centring Cable \\- Inspection 1/75\n\nApplicability: All model PA-28-151 with S/Nos. 28-7415001 to 28-7415228. Except those fitted with Piper Kit No. 760847V.\n\nDocument: Piper SB No. 435.\n\nCompliance: Inspect within 10 hours time in service after 22 November 1974 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 10 hours time in service.\n\nNote: For aircraft maintained in accordance with ANO 100.5.1 this Directive shall be entered on the maintenance release as maintenance required. The inspection may be performed by the pilot in command, in which case certification is not required. In all other cases certification may be made on the maintenance release. This inspection may also be performed and certified by any Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2573},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This directive remains targeted at its original scope: addressing a specific manufacturing defect in a limited production batch of Piper aircraft. It has not expanded beyond the original safety issue identified in 1975."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow applicability limited to specific model and serial number range (228 aircraft)","Single, clearly defined maintenance action (inspect one specific cable)","Simple recurring compliance interval (every 10 flight hours)","Only one exemption condition (aircraft fitted with Piper Kit No. 760847V)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Airworthiness Directive mandates repeated inspections of the aileron centring cable on Piper PA‑28‑151 Cherokee Warriors (serials 28‑7415001 to 28‑7415228), unless fitted with Piper Kit No. 760847V. Inspections must begin within 10 flying hours after 22 Nov 1974 and repeat every 10 hours. Pilots may inspect under owner‑maintenance rules; otherwise a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer must inspect and record it. It prevents possible loss of roll control."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-28-51-aileron-centring-cable-inspection/documents"}}