{"id":"F2008L04495","name":"AD/PA-30/1 - Fuel Valve Control Stop - Installation - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76525,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L04495-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Piper PA-30 & 39 (Twin Comanche) Series ","sectionType":"division","heading":"Piper PA-30 & 39 (Twin Comanche) Series Aeroplanes","content":"### Piper PA-30 & 39 (Twin Comanche) Series Aeroplanes\n\n| AD/PA-30/1 | Fuel Valve Control Stop - Installation | 13/2008 |\n| ---------- | -------------------------------------- | ------- |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |\n| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 18 December 2008.                                                                                                                                                                  |\n| Background:  | This unique Australian AD specified installation of a fuel valve control stop in accordance with Piper SL No. 408. Compliance was required forthwith. The AD was issued in 1963 and is no longer required. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nJames Coyne  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n6 November 2008","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/PA-30/1","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/PA-30/1","content":"## AD/PA-30/1","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Fuel Valve Control Stop - Installation","sectionType":"part","heading":"Fuel Valve Control Stop - Installation","content":"## Fuel Valve Control Stop - Installation","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"13/2008","sectionType":"part","heading":"13/2008","content":"## 13/2008","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2250},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its singular, limited purpose of formally cancelling the 1963 Airworthiness Directive. It does not expand regulatory scope, create new offences, or impose new compliance burdens."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation of previous instrument)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Only external reference is to the specific AD being cancelled (AD/PA-30/1 from 1963)","Retrospective operation clearly specified (effective 18 December 2008)"],"plain_english_summary":"This AD cancels a 1963 Australian requirement that owners of Piper PA‑30 and PA‑39 (Twin Comanche) aircraft install a physical stop on the fuel valve control per Piper Service Letter No. 408. \n\nFrom 18 December 2008, Australian-registered owners and operators of these types no longer must fit that modification — removing an old, Australia‑specific maintenance obligation and saving owners time and expense while other safety rules remain in force."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-30-1-fuel-valve-control-stop-installation-cancelled/documents"}}