{"id":"F2008L03258","name":"AD/PA-32/29 - Rudder Bar Assembly - Inspection and Modification - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":75364,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03258-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeropl","sectionType":"division","heading":"Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes","content":"### Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes\n\n| AD/PA-32/29 | Rudder Bar Assembly - Inspectionand Modification | 10/2008 |\n| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------- |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 25 September 2008.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| Background:  | This unique Australian AD specified Piper SL No. 671 which called for inspection of the rudder bar assembly at 100 hour intervals until the assembly was modified by weld installation of doublers in the critical area. This AD and SL No. 671 were issued in 1973 so the AD is no longer required. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Villiers  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n14 August 2008","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/PA-32/29","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/PA-32/29","content":"## AD/PA-32/29","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Rudder Bar Assembly - Inspectionand Modi","sectionType":"part","heading":"Rudder Bar Assembly - Inspectionand Modification","content":"## Rudder Bar Assembly - Inspection  \nand Modification","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":1803},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument achieves its sole purpose of terminating the 1973 AD. It does not expand, restrict, or alter the original scope beyond complete cancellation of the inspection and modification requirements as of 25 September 2008."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation of previous instrument)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references","Straightforward historical background of only two sentences"],"plain_english_summary":"This cancels the 1973 Airworthiness Directive that required 100‑hour inspections of the Piper PA‑32 (Cherokee Six) rudder‑bar assembly until a welding modification was installed. Because the directive is decades old and affected aircraft have been modified or retired, the repetitive inspection requirement is now obsolete. Owners/operators of PA‑32s are no longer subject to that AD as of 25 September 2008."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-29-rudder-bar-assembly-inspection-and-modification-cancelled/documents"}}