{"id":"F2006B07754","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Beechcraft 95 (Travelair) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-beechcraft-95-travelair-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50492,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07754-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 95 (Travelair) 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 95 (Travelair) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nPlastic Control Wheel AD/BEECH 95/1 Amdt 2\n\nMain Landing Gear Indicators - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 95/2\n\nMain Undercarriage Up Lock - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 95/3 Amdt 3\n\nGround Outside Air Temperature Indicator AD/BEECH 95/4\n\nElevator Trim Tab System AD/BEECH 95/5 Amdt 2\n\nStarter Vibrator Wiring AD/BEECH 95/6\n\nOperating Restriction Placard AD/BEECH 95/7\n\nPneumatic Pressure Regulator AD/BEECH 95/8\n\nControl Wheel Adaptor AD/BEECH 95/9 Amdt 2\n\nEngine Mount Bolt Nuts AD/BEECH 95/10\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations AD/BEECH 95/11\n\nFlap Bracket AD/BEECH 95/12\n\nWing Front Spar - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 95/13 Amdt 1\n\nSecond Row Seats AD/BEECH 95/14\n\nFuel System Placards AD/BEECH 95/15\n\nIncreased Fuel Sump Capacity - CANCELLED AD/BEECH 95/16\n\nTachometer and Manifold Pressure Indicators - Calibration and Engine AD/BEECH 95/17\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installation AD/BEECH 95/18\n\nGoodyear Fuel Cells AD/BEECH 95/19\n\nHatshelf Soundproofing Blanket AD/BEECH 95/20\n\nFuselage Bulkheads FS 257.6 & FS 271.92 AD/BEECH 95/21\n\nElevator Control Push Rods AD/BEECH 95/22\n\nControl Surface Trim Tab Systems AD/BEECH 95/23\n\nNose Baggage Door Secondary Latch AD/BEECH 95/24\n\nEmergency Exits - Placards and Markings AD/BEECH 95/25\n\nWing Attach Fittings, Bolts and Nuts AD/BEECH 95/26 Amdt 1\n\nSponge Filled Fuel Reservoir Tanks AD/BEECH 95/27 Amdt 1\n\nElevator Control Fittings AD/BEECH 95/28\n\nWing Main Spar Centre Section AD/BEECH 95/29\n\nElevator Trim Tab Actuator AD/BEECH 95/30\n\nInterior Door Handles AD/BEECH 95/31\n\nFlap Flex Shaft Assembly AD/BEECH 95/32","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original scope. It is purely administrative — revoking and remaking existing airworthiness directives for Beechcraft 95 aircraft without expanding, contracting, or altering their substantive content. The note explicitly states each directive is being re-made 'in exactly the same form' as previously published."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear purpose: revocation and remaking of existing instruments","No defined terms section — relies on external aviation terminology","Simple structure: authorisation clause, two operative paragraphs (revocation and remaking), schedule table","Cross-references limited to subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and the attached schedules","No conditional logic or nested exceptions — straightforward administrative action","Schedule 1 is a simple table listing 32 directives by name and number","Note clarifies that content remains unchanged — no substantive amendments to interpret"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes and re-makes 32 airworthiness directives for Beechcraft 95 (Travelair) aircraft, replacing them as fresh, legally valid CASA instruments so the mandatory safety requirements remain enforceable. It affects owners, operators, flying schools and maintenance engineers who must continue to follow the directives (covering structural, landing-gear, flight-control, engine and safety-equipment issues); four directives are formally cancelled and no longer apply. Compliance is required to keep the aircraft legally airworthy."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not materially change the substantive scope of regulatory obligations on operators. It administratively revokes listed ADs and re-issues them as separate instruments in the same form as the latest published versions; a small number of ADs are cancelled (withdrawn). The action is procedural (re‑issuance and cancellation) rather than an expansion of regulatory scope or introduction of new requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Short single-page statutory instrument","One clear statutory power cited: subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","Schedule lists 32 AD entries (four marked CANCELLED)","No novel definitions, layered conditions, or new compliance procedures introduced — ADs are re-made in identical form","Some entries are annotated as amendments (e.g. 'Amdt 1', 'Amdt 2'), but the instrument does not create new cross-referencing complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), by its delegate, formally revokes a list of existing Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that apply to Beechcraft 95 (Travelair) aircraft and re-issues each of those ADs as separate instruments.  The re-issued ADs are made in the same wording as the most recently published versions.  A small number of the listed items are marked as \"CANCELLED\", meaning those specific ADs are being withdrawn.\n\n**Who it affects\n\n- Owners and operators of Beechcraft 95 (Travelair) aeroplanes.\n- Maintenance organisations, licensed aircraft engineers and inspectors responsible for complying with ADs.\n- Aircraft registrars and persons who keep maintenance records for affected aircraft.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effect)\n\n- Airworthiness Directives are mandatory safety requirements. Re-issuing them as separate, stand‑alone instruments maintains (or in the cancelled cases removes) the legal obligations to carry out inspections, modifications, placards, repairs or other actions specified in each AD.\n- Where an AD is re-made in the same form, the technical obligations on owners/operators do not change — compliance continues under a freshly issued legal instrument. Where an AD is cancelled, the specific mandatory requirement it contained no longer applies.\n\n**Official rationale (as stated) and how that plays out\n\n- The instrument states that each attached AD is being re-made \"in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\" That is an administrative action: it replaces older instrument citations with new, separate instruments without changing substantive requirements. The stated purpose is continuity and formal re-issuing.\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade-offs\n\n- Who pays: Owners/operators bear direct costs — inspections, parts, labour, and any aircraft downtime required to comply with the ADs.\n- Behaviour change required: Owners/operators must continue (or begin, if a new AD applies) to perform the prescribed maintenance, modifications or placarding and record compliance in the aircraft logbooks.\n- Opportunity cost: Aircraft may be unavailable for commercial or private use while non-routine maintenance is performed.\n- Administrative effect: Re-making ADs as separate instruments can reduce ambiguity about legal citation and make each requirement easier to track, but it imposes paperwork for regulators and may require stakeholders to update records to reference the new instrument numbers.\n- Compliance risk and implementation: Because the re-made ADs are identical to the latest published editions, there is low risk of substantive surprise to operators. Risk centres on ensuring that operators and maintenance providers note the new instrument identifiers and that cancelled ADs are correctly removed from compliance checklists.\n\n**Decision authority and discretion\n\n- The action is taken by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. The delegate decides which ADs to revoke, remake or cancel within that delegated authority.\n\n**Effects on private enterprise and market consequences\n\n- The measure preserves regulatory obligations that affect maintenance costs and operating availability for owners/operators (a direct cost). It does not introduce new performance or technology mandates beyond what the re-made ADs already required.\n- Re-issuing identical ADs increases regulatory clarity (single-instrument references), which can reduce transaction costs for maintenance providers and registrars who manage compliance records.\n\n**Concrete mechanisms to watch for\n\n- Operators need to update maintenance records to reference the new AD instruments.\n- Any ADs listed as CANCELLED no longer impose obligations; owners should ensure compliance programs remove those actions.\n\n**Source references\n\n- The instrument is signed by the CASA delegate and explicitly relies on subregulation 39.001(1). The Schedule lists 32 AD entries for the Beechcraft 95 series; four of those are marked as CANCELLED.**"},"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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