{"id":"F2008L03333","name":"AD/PA-32/73 - Battery Strap Installation - CANCELLED","slug":"ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":120189,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03333-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) Series Aeropl","sectionType":"division","heading":"Piper PA-32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-32/73 | Battery Strap Installation | 10/2008 |\n| ----------- | -------------------------- | ------- |\n\n| Requirement: | CANCELLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |\n| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n|              | This AD is cancelled on 25 September 2008.                                                                                                                                                                       |\n| Background:  | This unique Australian AD specified installation of a battery strap in accordance with Piper SB No. 804. Compliance was required within 100 hours time in service after July 1985. The AD is no longer required. |\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nCharles Lenarcic  \nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n15 August 2008","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"AD/PA-32/73","sectionType":"part","heading":"AD/PA-32/73","content":"## AD/PA-32/73","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Battery Strap Installation","sectionType":"part","heading":"Battery Strap Installation","content":"## Battery Strap Installation","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":1498},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the limited function indicated by its title: it cancels a previous Airworthiness Directive. The scope has not expanded beyond this specific cancellation of the battery strap requirement."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (cancellation)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references","Extremely short length (approximately 50 words of operative text)","No procedural requirements beyond the cancellation date"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This document officially cancels a previous aviation safety rule (Airworthiness Directive AD/PA-32/73) that required owners of Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six aircraft to install a specific battery strap.\n\n**Who it affects:** Owners and operators of Piper PA-32 (Cherokee Six) series aeroplanes.\n\n**What it means:** If you own one of these aircraft, you no longer need to comply with the old battery strap installation requirement. The original rule required installing a battery strap according to Piper Service Bulletin No. 804 within 100 hours of flying time after July 1985. As of 25 September 2008, this requirement is scrapped because the Civil Aviation Safety Authority determined it is no longer needed for safety."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled","history":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled/history","analysis":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/ad-pa-32-73-battery-strap-installation-cancelled/documents"}}