{"id":"F2006B07696","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Aerospatiale (Socata) TB 200 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50388,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07696-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Aerospatiale (Socata) TB 200 Series Aeroplanes","content":"Airworthiness Directives 2004\n\nI, DAVID ALAN VILLIERS, delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety\n\nAuthority, acting under subregulation 39.001 (1) of the Civil\n\nAviation Safety Regulations 1998:\n\n(a) revoke the Airworthiness Directives mentioned in\n\nSchedule 1; and\n\n(b) make, as separate instruments, each Airworthiness\n\nDirective mentioned in Schedule 1 and attached.\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nDavid Villiers\n\nDelegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n20 December 2004\n\nNote: Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the\n\nsame form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\n\n  \nSchedule 1 Revocation and Remaking of\n\nAirworthiness Directives\n\nAerospatiale (Socata) TB 200 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nFuel System - Flowmeter Pipe Integrity AD/TB 200/1\n\nExhaust System AD/TB 200/2\n\nVertical Stabiliser Forward Junction Doubler AD/TB 200/3\n\nRudder Bearing AD/TB 200/4\n\nSeat Unlocking AD/TB 200/5\n\nNose Gear Fork AD/TB 200/6\n\nAmmeter Electrical Circuit AD/TB 200/7\n\nAileron and Elevator Control Gimbal Joint AD/TB 200/8 Amdt 2\n\nNose Gear Fork AD/TB 200/9","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains identical scope to the original directives. The explicit note states each AD is 'being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' There is no expansion of requirements, no additional aircraft types, and no new safety obligations. It is a pure administrative reissuance."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 500 words)","Only 9 specific items in Schedule 1, presented in a simple table format","Single operative provision with straightforward (a) and (b) structure","No defined terms section—relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive'","No nested conditional logic or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","Administrative 'revoke and remake' mechanism is a standard, well-understood regulatory technique","Technical complexity exists in the attached ADs themselves, but this instrument is purely procedural"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical aviation safety instrument issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in December 2004. It does two things: **cancels** nine existing safety directives for a specific type of aircraft (the Aerospatiale/Socata TB 200 series), and **immediately reissues** them as brand new, separate legal instruments.\n\n**What are these directives?** Airworthiness Directives (ADs) are mandatory safety notices that tell aircraft owners and operators what inspections or repairs they must carry out to keep their planes safe to fly. Think of them as compulsory recall notices for aircraft.\n\n**Why remake them?** The note at the bottom explains that each directive is being reissued in exactly the same form as before. This appears to be an administrative housekeeping exercise—likely to tidy up the legal status of these directives under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, ensuring they sit properly within the current regulatory framework without changing their actual safety requirements.\n\n**Who does this affect?** Owners, operators, and maintenance engineers of Aerospatiale (Socata) TB 200 series aeroplanes—a single-engine, four-seat light aircraft. The directives cover specific mechanical issues: fuel system pipes, exhaust systems, stabiliser joints, rudder bearings, seat mechanisms, nose gear, electrical circuits, and control joints.\n\n**Why does it matter?** Even though the technical content hasn't changed, the legal form matters. These aircraft cannot legally fly unless they comply with these directives. By reissuing them, CASA ensures the safety requirements remain enforceable under current law."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive obligations on aircraft operators or maintainers. It revokes and re‑makes the listed Airworthiness Directives in the same form as their latest published editions (see Schedule 1 note), so legal requirements and technical standards remain unchanged. The delegate of CASA decides the administrative re‑issuance under subregulation 39.001(1). Any impact is administrative (instrument identifiers and record-keeping), not a change in substantive regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative revocation and re‑making of multiple existing instruments rather than creating new regulatory content","Use of delegated power (subregulation 39.001(1)) to effect the change","Cross-reference to the \"latest published edition\" of each Directive (requires checking external publications)","Multiple named Airworthiness Directives listed in Schedule 1 (coordination/record-keeping burden)","Low substantive legal change but potential operational/admin impact on compliance tracking and document identification"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, issued by a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority under subregulation 39.001(1), revokes a list of Airworthiness Directives for Aerospatiale (Socata) TB 200 series aeroplanes and re‑issues each one as a separate instrument. The re‑issued Directives are identical to the latest published editions. Operators, owners and maintenance organisations remain subject to the same technical requirements; the change is administrative and mainly affects how the Directives are recorded and tracked."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerospatiale-socata-tb-200-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}