{"id":"F2006B07704","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Agusta A119 Series Helicopters","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50414,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07704-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 - Agusta A119 Series Helicopters","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\nAgusta A119 Series Helicopters\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nTail Rotor Blades AD/A119/1 Amdt 2\n\nTail Rotor Blade Part Number 109-8132-01-107 - CANCELLED AD/A119/2\n\nVertical Gyroscopes AD/A119/3\n\nHydraulic Pump AD/A119/4\n\nWindshield Wipers AD/A119/5\n\nTail Rotor Blades - 2 AD/A119/6 Amdt 1\n\nTransmission Support Fittings Attach Bolts AD/A119/7","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function described in its title — revoking and remaking specific airworthiness directives. There is no scope creep; it does not expand beyond the Agusta A119 series helicopters listed in Schedule 1, nor does it alter the substantive content of the directives being remade."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 300 words)","Only 1 defined term implicitly used (subregulation reference)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Simple binary structure: revoke (a) and remake (b)","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table with 7 rows and 2 columns","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (CASR 1998)","Purpose is purely administrative — remaking existing rules without substantive change"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical aviation safety instrument that **revokes and immediately remakes** seven specific airworthiness directives for **Agusta A119 series helicopters**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) seven existing safety directives for these helicopters\n- **Immediately remakes** them as fresh, legally valid instruments in exactly the same form as before\n\n**Why this happens:**\nAirworthiness Directives (ADs) are mandatory safety instructions issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). They require aircraft owners and operators to fix known safety problems. ADs have time limits and need periodic remaking to stay legally valid. This instrument is essentially a \"refresh\" — cleaning up the legal paperwork without changing any technical requirements.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of Agusta A119 helicopters\n- Maintenance engineers working on these aircraft\n- CASA itself (keeping its regulatory house in order)\n\n**The seven directives cover:**\n- **Tail rotor blades** (two separate directives, one amended)\n- **One cancelled directive** about a specific tail rotor blade part number\n- **Vertical gyroscopes** (flight instruments)\n- **Hydraulic pump**\n- **Windshield wipers**\n- **Transmission support fittings attach bolts**\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this remaking, the safety directives would expire and there would be no legal requirement to fix these known safety issues. This ensures continued airworthiness compliance for this helicopter type."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument revokes certain Airworthiness Directives and re‑issues each as separate instruments but, according to the instrument’s note, the re‑made ADs are \"in exactly the same form as\" their latest published editions. That indicates no change to the substantive obligations or affected subjects; the change is procedural/administrative (subregulation 39.001(1); Schedule 1; Note)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, narrowly procedural instrument with limited substantive change (revocation and re‑making of listed ADs).","Requires familiarity with Airworthiness Directives and how they operate in aviation regulation.","Cross‑reference to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (subregulation 39.001(1)).","Multiple specific AD entries and a technical part number are listed (requires attention to accurate identification).","Administrative implications for compliance documentation and record‑keeping despite no substantive text changes (per the Note)."],"plain_english_summary":"A CASA delegate has revoked seven Airworthiness Directives for Agusta A119 helicopters and re‑made each as a separate legal instrument; the re‑made ADs are stated to be identical in substance to the latest published editions. This affects owners, operators, maintenance organisations and CASA: technical compliance stays the same, but instrument identifiers change, creating administrative work to update records, manuals and citations and potential short‑term confusion."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-agusta-a119-series-helicopters/documents"}}