{"id":"F2006B07726","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - American Champion (Aeronca Bellanca) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50458,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07726-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 - American Champion (Aeronca Bellanca) 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\nAmerican Champion (Aeronca, Bellanca) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nRudder Pedal Guard AD/CHA/1\n\nCircuit Protector AD/CHA/2 Amdt 2\n\nFuel System Drain AD/CHA/3\n\nFuel Lines in Engine Compartment AD/CHA/4\n\nLower Fuselage Longerons AD/CHA/5\n\nThrottle Arm and Knob AD/CHA/6\n\nElevator and Rudder Control Systems AD/CHA/7\n\nFront Wing Strut AD/CHA/8\n\nFuselage Structure and Control Cables AD/CHA/9\n\nSafety Restraint Installations AD/CHA/10 Amdt 1\n\nUndercarriage Attachments AD/CHA/11 Amdt 3\n\nWing Ribs AD/CHA/12 Amdt 1\n\nStall Warning Horn AD/CHA/13\n\nCarburettor Airbox Alternate Air Valve AD/CHA/14\n\nWing Front Strut robatic Fatigue Life Limitation AD/CHA/15\n\nFront Pilots Seat AD/CHA/16\n\nWing Strut and Spar Attachment Bolt AD/CHA/17\n\nAirspeed Restriction - Front Wing Strut AD/CHA/18\n\nFlap Stage Advisory Plate AD/CHA/19\n\nAlternator - Field Cable Protection AD/CHA/20\n\nWing Rib/Spar Attachment and L.E. Support Block Nails AD/CHA/21\n\nFront Spar Wing Strut Upper Attachment Fitting AD/CHA/22 Amdt 2\n\nWing Spars AD/CHA/23 Amdt 4\n\nSeat Frames AD/CHA/24 Amdt 1\n\nWing Front Strut Fittings AD/CHA/25 Amdt 1\n\nGascolator Bowl AD/CHA/26\n\nExhaust Stack 'Y' Junction AD/CHA/27\n\nCleveland Wheels AD/CHA/28","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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It applies to owners, operators and maintenance organisations of the listed American Champion (Aeronca; Bellanca) series aeroplanes because Airworthiness Directives create mandatory inspection, modification or maintenance obligations. Who pays: aircraft owners/operators for compliance; who decides: the CASA delegate. Mechanically, it preserves existing AD requirements while changing their administrative form."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains identical scope to the original directives. The explicit note that each AD is 're-made in exactly the same form' confirms there is no expansion or contraction of regulatory reach. This is purely a procedural reissuance under current delegation authority."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward actions (revocation and remaking)","No defined terms section — relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive' and aircraft terminology","Minimal conditional logic — the instrument applies universally to the listed ADs without exceptions or thresholds","Schedule-based structure with simple tabular listing of 28 directives","Cross-reference only to enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1) CASR 1998) and the attached schedules","Note clarifies no substantive change, reducing interpretive burden","Technical complexity of subject matter (aviation engineering) is high, but legal complexity of the instrument itself is low"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes and immediately remakes 28 Airworthiness Directives for American Champion (formerly Aeronca and Bellanca) aircraft, affecting owners, operators, maintenance organisations, and CASA.\n\nIt’s a technical reissuance to refresh the legal authority for existing safety requirements under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 — it does not alter what operators must do."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-american-champion-aeronca-bellanca-series-aero/documents"}}