{"id":"F2006B07702","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50408,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07702-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 - Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 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\nAerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nPilot Seat Back-Rest Attach Bolt - Inspection and Replacement AD/TSA-600/1 Amdt 1\n\nPre-Certification Requirements - Modification - CANCELLED AD/TSA-600/2\n\nFatigue Life Limitation - Windshield and Windows - CANCELLED AD/TSA-600/3\n\nFatigue Life Limitation - Fuselage - CANCELLED AD/TSA-600/4\n\nCentre Fuel Tank Fuel Probe Gasket - Replacement AD/TSA-600/5\n\nAileron Outboard Hinge Bolt - Inspection AD/TSA-600/6\n\nNose Landing Gear Drag Brace Trunnion and Actuator Fasteners - Inspection AD/TSA-600/7 Amdt 16\n\nMain Cabin Door - Inspection AD/TSA-600/8\n\nAlternator Field Circuit Protection - Modification AD/TSA-600/9\n\nPilot and Passenger Seat Cushion Diaphragm - Inspection and Modification AD/TSA-600/10\n\nSeat to Track Retaining Clips - Inspection and Modification AD/TSA-600/11\n\nFuel Crossfeed Placard - Installation AD/TSA-600/12\n\nLow Fuel Warning Light - Modification AD/TSA-600/13\n\nWing Tank Fuel Sumps - Inspection and Modification AD/TSA-600/14\n\nOutboard Aileron Hinge Bolt Installation - Inspection and Modification AD/TSA-600/15\n\nFuel Quantity Indicator Selector Switch - Inspection AD/TSA-600/16 Amdt 1\n\nMLG Scissors Assembly - CANCELLED AD/TSA-600/17 Amdt 2\n\nMain Landing Gear Clamshell - Door Placard - Replacement AD/TSA-600/18\n\nFuel System Placards - Installation AD/TSA-600/19\n\nFuel Filler Cap Leakage - Testing AD/TSA-600/20\n\nEngine Nacelle Drain Tubes - Modification AD/TSA-600/21\n\nCabin Door Upper Section - Modification AD/TSA-600/22\n\nThree-Tank Fuel Quantity Indication - Installation AD/TSA-600/23 Amdt 1\n\nNose Landing Gear Support Structure - Inspection and Modification AD/TSA-600/24\n\nAft Horizontal/Vertical Stabiliser Attach Fitting - Inspection AD/TSA-600/25 Amdt 1\n\nNacelle Fairing - Modification AD/TSA-600/26\n\nrosonic Fuel Flow Transducers - Inspection and Replacement AD/TSA-600/27\n\nFuel Pressure Gauge - Modification AD/TSA-600/28\n\nWing Tank Fuel Line - Inspection AD/TSA-600/29\n\n  \nMLG Torque Link - Replacement - CANCELLED AD/TSA-600/30\n\nTurbocharger Oil System Supply Hose - Replacement AD/TSA-600/31\n\nFlap and C of G Restrictions AD/TSA-600/32 Amdt 3\n\nMain Landing Gear Torque Links AD/TSA-600/33 Amdt 6\n\nHydraulic System Internal Leak Check AD/TSA-600/34\n\nTurbo Charger Oil Supply Hose Security AD/TSA-600/35\n\nEngine Exhaust Systems AD/TSA-600/36 Amdt 3\n\nLower Wing Skin and Spar Caps AD/TSA-600/37\n\nFatigue Critical Components - Retirement Lives AD/TSA-600/38 Amdt 1\n\nMain Cabin Upper Door AD/TSA-600/39 Amdt 2\n\nNacelle Fuel and Oil Pressure Hoses AD/TSA-600/40 Amdt 1\n\nNLG Lower Drag Brace Assembly AD/TSA-600/41 Amdt 2\n\nRear Spar Corrosion AD/TSA-600/42 Amdt 1\n\nFuselage Horizontal Stabiliser Attachment Fittings AD/TSA-600/43\n\nFlap Actuator Attachment Brackets AD/TSA-600/44\n\nWing 55% Upper Spar Cap AD/TSA-600/45 Amdt 1\n\nMain Landing Gear Lower Side Brace AD/TSA-600/46\n\nAircraft Flight Manual, Flight into Icing Conditions AD/TSA-600/47 Amdt 1\n\nOil Scavenge Pumps AD/TSA-600/48\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Transfer Pumps AD/TSA-600/49","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original, narrow scope. It is purely administrative—revoking and remaking existing Airworthiness Directives for a specific aircraft type without expanding into new regulatory territory. The note explicitly states each AD is being re-made 'in exactly the same form,' confirming no substantive change to scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear purpose: revocation and remaking of existing instruments","No defined terms section—relies on external understanding of aviation terminology","Minimal conditional logic—straightforward 'revoke and remake' structure","Schedule 1 is a simple table listing 49 ADs with basic descriptions","Cross-references limited to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, subregulation 39.001(1) (the enabling power)","No nested exceptions or complex operational rules in the instrument itself (complexity lies in the attached ADs, not this remaking instrument)","Short length—approximately 1 page of substantive content plus schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA order formally revokes and re‑makes 49 Airworthiness Directives for Aerostar 600/700 series aircraft in their existing form. It’s a housekeeping action that preserves the current mandatory safety obligations without changing content.\n\nIt matters to Aerostar owners, operators, and maintenance personnel because the ADs remain legally binding requirements for inspections, repairs and modifications to keep these aircraft airworthy."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No substantive change to regulatory scope. The instrument revokes listed ADs and re‑issues them unchanged — 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive' — while noting some ADs are cancelled in Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative action only: revocation and re‑making of existing ADs rather than new technical requirements.","Large list of ADs in Schedule 1, including some marked CANCELLED, requiring careful cross‑checking by operators.","Reliance on attached AD texts (the instrument remakes each AD 'in exactly the same form' as the latest published edition).","Statutory authority cited: subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.","Operational complexity for affected parties arises from compliance burden of existing ADs (inspections, modifications, replacements) rather than from the instrument itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes the listed Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for Aerostar (Piper/Ted Smith) 600 and 700 series aeroplanes and re‑makes each AD as a separate instrument in the form of the latest published edition. It affects owners, operators and maintenance organisations for those aircraft, who must continue to comply with the inspection, modification or replacement requirements set out in the re‑made ADs. Mechanically this is an administrative reissue (some entries are marked CANCELLED) that preserves current mandatory requirements (see Schedule 1)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-aerostar-piper-ted-smith-600-and-700-series-ae/documents"}}