{"id":"F2006B07714","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Airtractor 800 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50446,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07714-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 - Airtractor 800 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\nAirtractor 800 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nMain Landing Gear P/N 40091-2 AD/AT 800/1\n\nAirframe Life Limits AD/AT 800/2 Amdt 4\n\nWing Lower Spar Cap Safe Life AD/AT 800/3 Amdt 2\n\nRudder Control Cables and Fairleads AD/AT 800/4\n\nAft Fuselage Structure Upper Longeron AD/AT 800/5 Amdt 1","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It addresses only the administrative remaking of five specific Airworthiness Directives for one aircraft series. The note confirms no substantive changes to the directives themselves."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 200 words)","Only 5 defined items in Schedule 1 (the ADs being remade)","Single operative provision with straightforward (a) and (b) structure","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","Note explicitly states directives are remade in identical form, removing interpretive burden"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this document does:**\n\nThis is an official aviation safety instrument that **revokes and immediately remakes** five existing Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for Airtractor 800 Series aeroplanes (agricultural aircraft commonly used for crop dusting and firefighting).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Owners and operators** of Airtractor 800 Series aircraft\n- **Maintenance organisations** servicing these aircraft\n- **Pilots** flying these aircraft\n\n**What are Airworthiness Directives?**\nThese are legally binding safety instructions issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). They require specific inspections, repairs, or modifications to address unsafe conditions in aircraft. Compliance is mandatory.\n\n**What exactly is happening here:**\nThe five directives listed in Schedule 1 are being:\n- **Revoked** (cancelled in their current form)\n- **Remade** (reissued as fresh instruments in identical form)\n\n**Why this matters:**\nThis is an **administrative housekeeping exercise**. The directives themselves aren't changing — they're being reissued to ensure they remain legally valid and properly authorised under current regulations. This maintains the safety requirements for:\n- Main landing gear components\n- Airframe life limits (how long the aircraft structure can safely fly)\n- Wing spar cap integrity (critical wing structure)\n- Rudder control cables and fairleads (flight controls)\n- Aft fuselage structure (rear body of the aircraft)\n\n**The bottom line:** If you operate an Airtractor 800, you must continue following these five safety directives exactly as before. The legal paperwork has been refreshed, but your compliance obligations remain unchanged."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope of the listed Airworthiness Directives. It revokes the previous form and re-makes each Directive as a separate instrument while stating that each is re-made \"in exactly the same form\" as the latest published edition (see para (a)–(b) and Note). The action is therefore administrative rather than substantive, and the operative obligations in the Directives remain unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, administrative scope limited to revocation and re-making of specified Airworthiness Directives (see para (a)–(b) and Schedule 1).","Direct reference to a single statutory delegation point (subregulation 39.001(1)), which concentrates the legal authority but does not add procedural complexity.","Multiple instruments affected (five ADs listed in Schedule 1), requiring separate re-issuance and potentially separate references in records.","Attachments and cross-references implied (the separate instruments are \"attached\"), which requires users to consult the attached documents for full detail (see Schedule 1 and Note).","Explicit statement that content is unchanged (Note) reduces substantive legal complexity but raises minor administrative/transition considerations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument withdraws a consolidated entry and re‑issues the five Airworthiness Directives for Airtractor 800 Series aeroplanes as separate legal instruments. It is an administrative reorganisation by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1), not a change to the substantive technical requirements — each Directive is re‑made in the same form.\n\nAffected parties are owners, operators and maintenance organisations, who may face minor record‑keeping and reference updates."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-airtractor-800-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}