{"id":"F2006B07752","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Beechcraft 77 (Skipper) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-77-skipper-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50486,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07752-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 77 (Skipper) 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 77 (Skipper) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nWing Attachment Bolts and Nutplates AD/BEECH 77/1\n\nRudder and Rudder Trim Tab AD/BEECH 77/2\n\nAileron Torque Tube Bearings AD/BEECH 77/3\n\nElevator Control Arm Bushings AD/BEECH 77/4\n\nControl Column Installation AD/BEECH 77/5\n\nEngine Mount Assembly to Firewall Attach Bolts AD/BEECH 77/6\n\nShoulder Harness Attach Bracket AD/BEECH 77/7 Amdt 1\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Attach Bolts AD/BEECH 77/8\n\nNose Landing Gear Axle AD/BEECH 77/9\n\nNose Landing Gear Attachment Bolts AD/BEECH 77/10\n\nWing - Inspection, Bolt Replacement and Fatigue Life Limitation AD/BEECH 77/11\n\nEngine Mount Assembly and Engine Control Linkage AD/BEECH 77/12\n\nEngine Control Rod Safety Washers AD/BEECH 77/13\n\nRudder Balance Weight AD/BEECH 77/14\n\nAlternator System AD/BEECH 77/15 Amdt 1","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as the original Airworthiness Directives. The note explicitly states each directive is being re-made 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is purely a procedural remaking to ensure legal validity, not an expansion of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 250 words)","Only 1 defined term implicitly used (subregulation reference)","Simple binary structure: revoke (a) and remake (b)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Schedule contains straightforward table of 15 items with names and numbers","No cross-references to other legislation beyond single subregulation citation","Administrative remaking instrument with no substantive technical changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA instrument cancels 15 existing Airworthiness Directives for Beechcraft 77 (Skipper) aeroplanes and immediately reissues them as fresh legal instruments. It preserves the same technical requirements—covering wing bolts and structure, control surfaces, engine mounts, landing gear, electrical systems and shoulder-harness brackets—but updates their legal form.\n\nIt affects Beechcraft 77 owners, operators and maintenance engineers and ensures the directives remain current and legally enforceable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the substantive scope of obligations. It expressly revokes the listed ADs and reissues each in the same form (see (a), (b) and the Note). The practical effect is administrative: the directives become separate instruments (Schedule 1 lists them), so affected parties must update references and compliance records, but the technical requirements remain unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis cited: instrument is made under subregulation 39.001(1) (text: \"acting under subregulation 39.001 (1)\") which is a specific statutory power creating a clear legal mechanism.","Administrative action: the instrument both revokes and re‑makes multiple ADs ((a) and (b)), creating separate legal instruments rather than a single consolidated one.","Number of distinct instruments: Schedule 1 lists 15 separate Airworthiness Directives for the Beechcraft 77 series, increasing the bookkeeping and tracking burden for operators and regulators.","No substantive change to content: the Note states each AD is re‑made \"in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive\", so technical obligations remain unchanged—complexity comes from form, not new substantive rules.","Compliance burden: operators must verify and update records to reference the newly reissued AD instruments (implicit from the revocation/remaking process in (a),(b) and Schedule 1).","Limited discretion: the delegate executes an administrative reissue rather than exercising ongoing case-by-case discretion; this reduces legal interpretation complexity but concentrates administrative responsibility on CASA's delegate."],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** Revokes the listed Airworthiness Directives for Beechcraft 77 (Skipper) aeroplanes and reissues each as a separate instrument in the same form. \n\nWho it affects and why it matters: Aircraft owners, operators, maintenance organisations and the regulator must follow the reissued ADs for mandatory inspections and repairs; the substantive safety requirements are unchanged but paperwork, references and compliance tracking may need updating."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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