{"id":"F2006B07727","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Auster/Beagle A.61 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-auster-beagle-a-61-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50459,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07727-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 - Auster/Beagle A.61 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\nAuster/Beagle A.61 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nLift Strut AD/AUS/1\n\nTail Attachment Bolts AD/AUS/2\n\nTailplane Bracing AD/AUS/3\n\nAileron Control Push Rod AD/AUS/4\n\nLanding Gear AD/AUS/5 Amdt 1\n\nTailplane Bracing AD/AUS/6 Amdt 1\n\nEngine Mount Attachment Bolt AD/AUS/7\n\nLift Strut AD/AUS/8\n\nTailplane Attachment Stub - CANCELLED AD/AUS/9\n\nRudder Cables and Elevator Trim Tab Cables AD/AUS/10\n\nCANCELLED AD/AUS/11\n\nTailplane Attachment Stubs and Leading Edge Tubes AD/AUS/12 Amdt 1\n\nWing Root Fairing Band AD/AUS/13\n\nWing Covering - CANCELLED AD/AUS/14\n\nElevator Trimmer Guide Tubes AD/AUS/15\n\nStrengthened Actuator Lever Assemblies on Flap Control Torque Shaft AD/AUS/16 Amdt 1\n\nModification to Rudder Cable System AD/AUS/17\n\nFabric Covering AD/AUS/18\n\nElevator Trim Tab Wires - Life Limitation AD/AUS/19\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installation AD/AUS/20","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is purely an administrative housekeeping instrument. The scope remains exactly the same as the original Airworthiness Directives — the document explicitly states each AD is being 're-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' No expansion of scope or substance."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (under 2 pages)","Simple binary structure: revocation + remaking","No defined terms section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only to Schedule 1 and subregulation 39.001(1))","Tabular schedule listing 20 items with simple name/number format","Straightforward administrative action with no substantive policy changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA order revokes and reissues 20 Airworthiness Directives for Auster/Beagle A.61 series light aircraft, cancelling the grouped ADs and republishing them as separate, standalone legal instruments. It affects owners, operators and maintenance engineers of these 1950s–60s British aeroplanes by preserving enforceable safety requirements.\n\nThe ADs address structural, control, engine‑mount and restraint issues; a few earlier ADs had already been cancelled before this reissue."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change substantive obligations. It revokes listed ADs and reissues each AD in the same form as the latest published editions, so the operational scope and compliance requirements for Auster/Beagle A.61 owners/operators remain unchanged. The change is procedural/legal form rather than substantive regulation."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative action only: revocation and re‑making of ADs without substantive change increases legal-form complexity but not technical content.","Multiple instruments involved: Schedule lists ~20 ADs (some marked cancelled or amended), requiring coordination and tracking of separate instruments.","Cross-referencing risk: remade ADs are to match the latest published editions exactly, creating reliance on the published edition for content.","Attachment reliance: the instrument attaches each AD as a separate instrument rather than reproducing full text in the revocation instrument.","Compliance burden concentrated: owners/operators bear practical compliance and record-keeping costs to ensure they follow the remade ADs.","Low discretion: delegate acts under a specific regulation (subregulation 39.001(1)) with an administrative, not policy-making, function."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the CASA delegate to revoke a listed set of Airworthiness Directives for Auster/Beagle A.61 aeroplanes and re‑make each one as a separate legal instrument in the same form as the latest published editions. It affects aircraft owners, operators and maintenance organisations by keeping the existing mandatory inspection, maintenance and modification obligations in force while changing how those obligations are recorded as legal instruments.\n\nThe decision to revoke and reissue is taken by the CASA delegate; compliance costs and operational effects fall to the aircraft owners/operators who must continue to follow the remade ADs."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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