{"id":"F2006B07750","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Beechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50484,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07750-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 - Beechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) 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\nBeechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nRudder Torque Tube Lowering Fitting - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/1\n\nFuel System Check Valves - Installation AD/BEECH 65/2\n\nNose Landing Gear Attachment Bolts Replacement AD/BEECH 65/3\n\nFlap Drive Assembly - Replacement AD/BEECH 65/4\n\nLanding Gear Actuators - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/5 Amdt 3\n\nAft Facing Chair Reclining Stops - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/6\n\nLanding Gear Chain and Torque Shaft - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/7 Amdt 1\n\nControl Sub-Panel Shelf - Modification AD/BEECH 65/8\n\nAutomatic Pilot Shutoff Valves - Installation AD/BEECH 65/9\n\nLower Rudder Hinge Assembly - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/10 Amdt 1\n\nAlternator Field Circuit Breaker - Inspection and Relocation AD/BEECH 65/11\n\nRudder Spar and Hinges - Inspection and Modification AD/BEECH 65/12\n\nStarter and Battery Relay Covers - Installation AD/BEECH 65/13\n\nElevator Control Rods AD/BEECH 65/14 Amdt 4\n\nWing Spar - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/15 Amdt 2\n\nEngine Mount Bolt Nuts AD/BEECH 65/16 Amdt 1\n\nPlastic Control Wheel - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/17 Amdt 1\n\nWing Piano Wire Installation Pin - Installation - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/18 Amdt 1\n\nWing Structural Fatigue Limitation - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/19\n\nWing Structural Fatigue Limitation - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/20\n\nWing Structural Fatigue Limitation - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/21\n\nWing Spar and Lower Attachment Fittings AD/BEECH 65/22 Amdt 4\n\nWing Spar - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/23 Amdt 1\n\nWing Spar - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/24 Amdt 2\n\nWing Spar - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/25 Amdt 1\n\nWing Spar - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/26 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Vent Heater Wiring AD/BEECH 65/27 Amdt 1\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations AD/BEECH 65/28 Amdt 1\n\nOuter Wing Electrical Wiring AD/BEECH 65/29 Amdt 1\n\n  \nInspection of Fuel Lines in Wheel Well for Chafing - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/30\n\nControl Wheel Adapter AD/BEECH 65/31 Amdt 1\n\nFlap Bracket AD/BEECH 65/32 Amdt 1\n\nPlacard - Emergency Engine Shut-Down Procedure AD/BEECH 65/33 Amdt 1\n\nUpper and Lower Outboard Wing Front Spar Caps AD/BEECH 65/34 Amdt 5\n\nPort Inner Wing Electrical Wiring AD/BEECH 65/35 Amdt 1\n\nExhaust Augmenter Clamps AD/BEECH 65/36 Amdt 1\n\nElectrothermal Deice Firewall Connector - Sealing AD/BEECH 65/37\n\nWing Installation - Inspection and Modification - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/38\n\nNacelle Interior Fire Seal AD/BEECH 65/39 Amdt 1\n\nFlight Controls AD/BEECH 65/40 Amdt 3\n\nFuel System - Placards AD/BEECH 65/41\n\nElevator Stop Bolts - Modification AD/BEECH 65/42\n\nStrobe Light Bonding Straps - Modification AD/BEECH 65/43\n\nFlap Gearbox - Inspection of Gears AD/BEECH 65/44\n\nFuselage Rear Bulkhead AD/BEECH 65/45 Amdt 2\n\nFire Shield Installation - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/46\n\nWing Strobe Lights AD/BEECH 65/47 Amdt 1\n\nWing Spar Fatigue - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/48 Amdt 2\n\nGoodyear Fuel Cells AD/BEECH 65/49 Amdt 1\n\nWheel Well Fuel Lines AD/BEECH 65/50 Amdt 1\n\nPowerplant Fire Detection and Extinguishing Systems AD/BEECH 65/51 Amdt 2\n\nLanding Gear Torque Tube - Inspection and Replacement AD/BEECH 65/52\n\nRudder and Elevator Trim Tab Systems AD/BEECH 65/53 Amdt 1\n\nAft and Nose Hinged Baggage Door Latching AD/BEECH 65/54 Amdt 2\n\nNose Baggage Compartment Door AD/BEECH 65/55 Amdt 1\n\nCabin, Baggage and Pilot Compartment Side Windows - Inspection AD/BEECH 65/56\n\nWing Panel to Centre Section Attachment - Steel Bolts and Nuts AD/BEECH 65/57 Amdt 4\n\nFuel Boost Pumps AD/BEECH 65/58 Amdt 3\n\nElevators AD/BEECH 65/59 Amdt 1\n\nAnsair Passenger Seats AD/BEECH 65/60 Amdt 1\n\nNose Gear Lower Shock Absorber Assembly AD/BEECH 65/61 Amdt 3\n\nRudder Pedal Arms AD/BEECH 65/62 Amdt 3\n\nInconel Nuts Forward Spar Lower Attachment - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/63 Amdt 1\n\nWing Structural Fatigue Limitation AD/BEECH 65/64\n\nUpper Forward Wing Attach Bolts Torque - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 65/65\n\nCabin Door AD/BEECH 65/66\n\nAircraft Flight Manual, Flight into Icing Conditions AD/BEECH 65/67 Amdt 1\n\nMagnesium Metal Bonded Elevator Assembly AD/BEECH 65/68\n\nDoor Exterior Operating Instruction Placard AD/BEECH 65/69","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the substantive scope or obligations of the listed Airworthiness Directives. It is an administrative restructuring: revoking a composite AD instrument and reissuing the same ADs as separate instruments in the same form. There is no expansion of regulatory reach or alteration of technical requirements in the text provided."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with two operative paragraphs (revocation and remaking) plus a Schedule","Relies on subregulation 39.001(1) (one external cross-reference)","Schedule lists ~69 individual AD entries (some marked CANCELLED and many with amendment numbers), which raises record-keeping volume but not legal complexity","No new defined terms, no novel conditions, and no changes to substantive obligations in the ADs themselves","Dependence on externally published AD texts (\"latest published edition\") requires users to consult CASA publication(s) for operative wording"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- This instrument, made by a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, does two things: (a) it revokes the composite instrument titled \"Airworthiness Directives 2004\" for the Beechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) series; and (b) it remakes each Airworthiness Directive (AD) that was listed in that composite instrument as a separate, individual instrument. The operative clauses are at (a) and (b).\n\n- The instrument explicitly states each remade AD is issued \"in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\" The individual ADs themselves are not changed here; they are simply reissued as separate legal instruments.\n\n- The Schedule lists the ADs being revoked and remade (AD/BEECH 65/1 through AD/BEECH 65/69, with several entries marked as \"CANCELLED\" or showing amendment numbers).\n\nWho this affects\n\n- Aircraft operators and owners of Beechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) series aeroplanes. They remain bound to comply with the technical and maintenance requirements set out in each AD.\n\n- Maintenance organisations, licensed aircraft engineers and persons responsible for continuing airworthiness, because they must continue to perform inspections, modifications or replacements required by those ADs.\n\n- CASA and its delegate(s), who administer, publish and enforce AD compliance; and any third parties (insurers, lessors) who rely on the legal status of ADs.\n\nWhy it matters (practical effects and mechanics)\n\n- Compliance requirements: There is no change to the technical content or compliance times of the ADs—operators must continue to comply with each AD as they stood in the latest published edition. The instrument is an administrative re-issue, not a technical amendment (see the statement that each AD is remade \"in exactly the same form\").\n\n- Legal form and enforceability: Converting a group or composite instrument into separate AD instruments can change how the directives are cited, recorded, amended or repealed in future. Separate instruments may be easier to track, amend individually, or remove when no longer necessary.\n\n- Administrative and transaction costs: The act imposes minimal direct costs on operators because the substantive obligations are unchanged. CASA bears the administrative cost of revoking and reissuing instruments. Operators and maintainers may experience minor transitional friction (updating records, manuals, compliance checklists) to reflect the new individual instrument references.\n\n- Implementation and compliance risks: Because the technical requirements are unchanged, the main risk is administrative—misreading which AD versions are current. The instrument’s reliance on \"the latest published edition\" means users must check CASA’s published ADs to confirm exact wording and compliance dates.\n\nAnalytical lens: incentives, costs, and decision-making\n\n- Who pays: Aircraft operators and owners continue to pay for any maintenance, inspection, modification or replacement work required by the ADs. CASA pays the administrative cost of reissuing the ADs.\n\n- Who decides: The CASA delegate has exercised statutory power (subregulation 39.001(1)) to revoke the composite instrument and reissue individual ADs. Future changes to any AD will follow the usual CASA processes for amending individual ADs.\n\n- Behaviour changes: There is no change to required technical behaviour; the main change is administrative practice—operators and maintainers must reference and retain the separate AD instruments rather than a single composite instrument.\n\nTrade-offs and risks\n\n- Benefit: clearer legal instruments for each AD, potentially simpler future amendment or cancellation at the single-AD level.\n\n- Cost: small short-term administrative updating for operators, maintainers and CASA. There is a modest risk of confusion during the transition if stakeholders consult an outdated composite instrument instead of the current separate AD texts.\n\nKey text citations\n\n- Power used: subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (cited in the instrument). The two operative actions are set out at (a) and (b). The AD list is in the Schedule (Beechcraft 65 and 70 series)."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly what its title suggests — revoking and remaking ADs for Beechcraft 65/70 aircraft. There is no scope creep; it is purely administrative housekeeping to restructure existing safety requirements into separate instruments without altering their substantive content."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose administrative instrument with no conditional logic or operative provisions","No defined terms section — relies entirely on external references to the attached ADs","Straightforward structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake — no nested exceptions or cross-references within the instrument itself","Complexity resides in the 69 attached ADs (not analysed here), not in this parent instrument","Schedule 1 is a simple table listing AD names and numbers with binary status (active vs cancelled)","Extremely short operative text (under 200 words of substantive content)"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA instrument revokes 69 existing Airworthiness Directives for Beechcraft 65 and 70 (Queen Air) aeroplanes and re-issues them as separate, standalone legal instruments. It’s an administrative re‑packaging that does not change the substantive safety requirements but ensures each AD is a proper instrument under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.\n\nIt affects owners/operators, maintenance engineers and pilots: compliance remains compulsory for continued legal operation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-65-and-70-queen-air-series-aeroplan/documents"}}