{"id":"F2006B05820","name":"AD/PA-32/26 - Stabilator - Inspection and Drilling of Drain Holes","slug":"ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":135784,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B05820-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/PA-32/26 - Stabilator - Inspection and Drilling of Drain Holes","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-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes\n\n \n\nAD/PA-32/26 Stabilator - Inspection and Drilling of Drain Holes\n\nApplicability: Model PA-32-260 and PA-32-300. Requirement:  Piper SL No. 615.\n\nCompliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 29 September 1972.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n8/72\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1659},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be the original 1972 issuance of the directive. The text shows no evidence of amendment, expansion of aircraft applicability, or additional requirements beyond the initial stabilator inspection and drilling instruction."},"complexity_factors":["Single operational requirement referencing external technical document (Piper Service Letter No. 615)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple applicability criteria limited to two specific aircraft models","Straightforward compliance calculation (100 hours time in service from fixed date)","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This mandatory Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of Piper PA-32-260 and PA-32-300 aircraft to inspect the stabilator and drill drain holes per Piper Service Letter No. 615 to stop water collecting, which can cause corrosion or in-flight freezing that might jam the control surface.  \n\nThe work had to be done within 100 flight hours after 29 September 1972; the AD dates from August 1972, so it would have applied decades ago unless an aircraft was imported later or the modification was reversed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-26-stabilator-inspection-and-drilling-of-drain-holes/documents"}}