{"id":"F2006B05867","name":"AD/PA-32/71 - Aileron Balance Weight Attachment - Inspection and Modification","slug":"ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":135898,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B05867-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"AD/PA-32/71 - Aileron Balance Weight Attachment - Inspection and Modification","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-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD/PA-32/71 Aileron Balance Weight Attachment \\- Inspection\n\nand Modification\n\n  \n5/81\n\nApplicability: All model PA-32-301 with S/Nos. 32-8006002 to 32-8006106. All model PA-32- 301T with S/Nos. 32-8024001 to 32-8024052 All model PA-32R-301 with S/Nos. 32R-8013001 to 32R-8013139.\n\nAll model PA-32R-301T with S/Nos. 32R-8029001 to 32R-8029110.\n\nDocument: Piper SB No. 703.\n\nCompliance: Part 1 \\- Within 25 hours time in service after 7 April 1981 and thereafter at intervals not exceeding 25 hours time in service until modified in accordance with Part II.\n\nPart II \\- Within 200 hours time in service after 7 April 1981.\n\nBackground: The Manufacturer has received reports of aileron balance weights becoming loose in the outboard leading edge of the ailerons.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2127},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This directive establishes original inspection and modification requirements for a specific identified safety defect. The scope remains precisely targeted at the aileron balance weight attachment issue without expansion to unrelated aircraft systems or operations."},"complexity_factors":["Four distinct aircraft model/serial number combinations creating fragmented applicability","Technical aviation terminology requiring domain knowledge (aileron, balance weight, time in service)","Two-phase compliance structure with interdependent deadlines (inspection every 25 hours until modification is done)","External reference to manufacturer Service Bulletin No. 703 for complete modification instructions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of specified Piper PA‑32 (Cherokee Six) serial-numbered aircraft to inspect and secure aileron balance weights because they may become loose and impair flight control. It mandates an initial inspection within 25 flight hours (repeated every 25 hours until fixed) and installation of the permanent modification per Piper SB No. 703 within 200 flight hours."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-71-aileron-balance-weight-attachment-inspection-and-modification/documents"}}