{"id":"F2006B07793","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Cessna 180 182 and Wren 460 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-180-182-and-wren-460-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50620,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07793-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 - Cessna 180 182 and Wren 460 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\nCessna 180, 182 and Wren 460 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nEngine Mount - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/1\n\nRight Wing Rear Spar AD/CESSNA 180/2\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/3\n\nEngine Mount AD/CESSNA 180/4 Amdt 1\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/5\n\nRear Spar - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/6\n\nUndercarriage Attachment Bolts AD/CESSNA 180/7 Amdt 2\n\nMain Undercarriage Legs - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/8\n\nUpper Surface of Wing L.E. Skin - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/9\n\nMain Undercarriage U Bolts AD/CESSNA 180/10 Amdt\n\nEngine Cowl Access Doors - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/11\n\nMain Landing Gear Spring Legs and Axles - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/12\n\nMain Landing Gear Axle - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/13\n\nPlastic Control Wheel AD/CESSNA 180/14 Amdt\n\nRear Spar AD/CESSNA 180/15 Amdt\n\nSafety Harness Inertia Reel AD/CESSNA 180/16\n\nMain Undercarriage Legs - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/17\n\nFuel Venting System - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/18\n\nBrake Master Cylinder Attachment - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/19 Amdt\n\nWing Lift Strut - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/20 Amdt\n\nMain Spar and Lower Skin AD/CESSNA 180/21 Amdt\n\nTail Wheel Steering Bellcrank AD/CESSNA 180/22\n\nMain Landing Gear Spring Legs and Axles - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/23\n\nFuel Line and Cabin Door Latch AD/CESSNA 180/24\n\nPneumatic Stall Warning System AD/CESSNA 180/25 Amdt\n\nControl Systems AD/CESSNA 180/26\n\nFlap Actuator - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/27\n\nAileron Mass Balance Weight Attachment Rivets AD/CESSNA 180/28 Amdt\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations AD/CESSNA 180/29\n\n  \nAileron Control Tube and Automatic Pilot Roll Servo AD/CESSNA 180/30\n\nAft Tailcone Assembly AD/CESSNA 180/31 Amdt\n\nCircuit Protection for Cigar Lighter - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 180/32 Amdt\n\nFuel Line to Elevator Control Cable Clearance AD/CESSNA 180/33\n\nNosewheel Closure Collar AD/CESSNA 180/34\n\nRear Seat Attachment AD/CESSNA 180/35\n\nBrake Line Adaptor AD/CESSNA 180/36\n\nWing Strut Attachment Strap AD/CESSNA 180/37 Amdt\n\nNose Wheel Pivot Bolt AD/CESSNA 180/38\n\nFuel Selector Handle Assembly AD/CESSNA 180/39\n\nMain Gear Wheel Assemblies AD/CESSNA 180/40 Amdt\n\nBeryl Aviation Filtrator Assembly AD/CESSNA 180/41\n\nPre-Certification Requirements AD/CESSNA 180/42\n\nFuel Quantity Placard AD/CESSNA 180/43\n\nWing Flap Actuator Ball Nut Assemblies AD/CESSNA 180/44\n\nInduction Air Box Seal AD/CESSNA 180/45\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Rear Spar Flange AD/CESSNA 180/46\n\nELT Installation AD/CESSNA 180/47 Amdt\n\nNose Gear Door AD/CESSNA 180/48 Amdt\n\nSelf Locking Nuts AD/CESSNA 180/49\n\nElevator Control Travel AD/CESSNA 180/50\n\nGoodyear Fuel Cells AD/CESSNA 180/51\n\nNose Gear Drag Strut Attach Fitting AD/CESSNA 180/52\n\nSteering Bungee Boot AD/CESSNA 180/53\n\nFuel Vent Tube AD/CESSNA 180/54\n\nAmmeter Type and Position AD/CESSNA 180/55\n\nVented Fuel Caps AD/CESSNA 180/56 Amdt\n\nFuel Hose AD/CESSNA 180/57\n\nFuel Tank Filler Neck AD/CESSNA 180/58\n\nAlternator Ground Strap AD/CESSNA 180/59 Amdt\n\nFlying Control System Turnbuckles AD/CESSNA 180/60\n\nFuel Cap Alignment Placard AD/CESSNA 180/61\n\nVertical Fin Rear Spar AD/CESSNA 180/62\n\nFuel Selector Quick Drain Valve AD/CESSNA 180/63 Amdt\n\nNose Gear Tunnel Access Hole Plug Button AD/CESSNA 180/64\n\nCylinder Head Temperature Probe AD/CESSNA 180/65\n\n  \nKing KFC 200 Flight Control System AD/CESSNA 180/66\n\nAileron Balance Weight AD/CESSNA 180/67\n\nAileron Hinge Pin AD/CESSNA 180/68\n\nBladder Type Fuel Cells AD/CESSNA 180/69 Amdt\n\nFuel Filler Caps and Adaptors AD/CESSNA 180/70 Amdt\n\nFuel System Water Drainage Placard AD/CESSNA 180/71\n\nSeat Adjustment Mechanism AD/CESSNA 180/72 Amdt\n\nAircraft Repair AD/CESSNA 180/73\n\nInstrument Panel Light Dimming Rheostat AD/CESSNA 180/74\n\nForward Door Post Bulkhead AD/CESSNA 180/75 Amdt\n\nAlternate Static Source Valve Inspection AD/CESSNA 180/76\n\nAeroquip Engine Exhaust Mufflers AD/CESSNA 180/77\n\nExhaust System - Inspection AD/CESSNA 180/78 Amdt\n\nWing Lower Spar Cap Angle Stiffener AD/CESSNA 180/79\n\nOil Pressure Switch AD/CESSNA 180/80\n\nFuel Strainer AD/CESSNA 180/81\n\nCigar Lighter Wiring AD/CESSNA 180/82\n\nKAP 140 Autopilot System AD/CESSNA 180/83\n\nKAP 140 Autopilot System AD/CESSNA 180/84\n\nUpper Shoulder Harness Adjuster Spring AD/CESSNA 180/85","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not materially change the substantive scope of regulation. It revokes listed ADs and re-issues them in the same textual form as the latest published editions (note in instrument and Schedule 1). The action appears administrative — reorganising how ADs are issued and recorded — rather than expanding or narrowing regulatory obligations on aircraft. Any change is therefore procedural (format, citation, record-keeping) rather than substantive (no new technical requirements were introduced)."},"complexity_factors":["Single statutory power invoked: subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","One primary operative action (revoke and re-make) with an attached Schedule","Note that re-made ADs are \"in exactly the same form\" reduces substantive complexity","Large Schedule listing many ADs (dozens) — increases administrative scope though not legal complexity","Presence of cancelled AD entries in the Schedule introduces minor ambiguity for record-keeping","No nested conditional logic or multiple cross-referencing provisions within the instrument itself","Reliance on attached separate AD instruments (not included here) — substantive complexity deferred to those documents"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), through a delegated officer acting under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, revokes a listed set of airworthiness directives (ADs) and simultaneously re-creates each of those ADs as separate, stand-alone instruments. The list of ADs affected is set out in Schedule 1.  \n- The instrument states the re-made ADs are in exactly the same form as the latest published editions of those ADs (see the Note and Schedule 1).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Owners and operators of Cessna 180 and 182 series aeroplanes and Wren 460 series aeroplanes.  \n- Maintenance organisations, licensed aircraft engineers, and inspectors who comply with or enforce ADs.  \n- CASA and its delegate(s), because they are changing how the ADs are recorded and issued.\n\n**Why it matters**\n\n- Airworthiness directives are mandatory regulatory requirements that prescribe inspections, repairs or modifications needed to maintain aircraft safety. Changing how ADs are issued or structured can affect legal citation, record-keeping and how compliance is demonstrated, even if the technical obligations on aircraft do not change.\n\n**Stated purpose and the practical effect**\n\n- The instrument’s stated action is administrative: it revokes a group of ADs listed in Schedule 1 and re-makes each one, explicitly in the same form as the latest published edition. That suggests the primary goal is to separate or re-issue ADs as individual legal instruments rather than to alter their substance.  \n\n- Practically, because the text of each AD is retained unchanged, owners/operators do not face new technical requirements. However, there are administrative effects: paperwork and legal references may need updating (for example, to reflect separate instruments rather than a consolidated instrument). Enforcement and compliance checks will rely on the newly re-made instrument forms.\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade-offs (brief analysis)**\n\n- Direct compliance costs: No new inspection or modification costs are imposed by this instrument because the ADs are re-made in the same form. Ongoing costs remain those already required by the substantive ADs (see Schedule 1).  \n- Administrative and transaction costs: CASA, aircraft operators, maintenance organisations and registries will need to update records, references and possibly client files to reflect the separate instruments. That produces some one-off administrative burden.  \n- Certainty and enforcement: Separating ADs into distinct instruments can improve clarity about the legal basis for each requirement (fewer intra-document cross-references), which may reduce future confusion. Conversely, there is short-term risk of confusion while stakeholders update citations and documentation.  \n- Incentives for private actors: Because substantive obligations do not change, operators’ maintenance planning and spending incentives are unchanged. Maintenance providers continue to receive demand generated by AD compliance.  \n- Bureaucratic discretion and capture risk: This is an administrative restructuring conducted by a CASA delegate under an existing power. It does not, on its face, expand substantive regulatory scope or introduce new discretionary criteria. The main discretion exercised is about instrument-formatting and administrative re-issuance.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and what behaviour changes**\n\n- Who pays: Aircraft owners/operators and maintenance organisations bear any one‑off record-keeping or citation-update costs. Ongoing compliance costs remain those already required by the substantive ADs.  \n- Who decides: A CASA delegate using the power in subregulation 39.001(1) decides to revoke and re-make the listed ADs (see opening paragraph).  \n- Behaviour changes: No substantive operational or maintenance behaviour change is required by aircraft operators because the ADs’ technical content remains unchanged. The main behaviour change is administrative: updating references, records and how the ADs are cited in documentation (Schedule 1)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as the original ADs. It is purely a procedural remaking to ensure legal continuity under the CASR 1998 framework. The note explicitly states each AD is being re-made 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.'"},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose instrument with clear structure (revocation + remaking)","No defined terms section — relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive'","No conditional logic or nested exceptions in the instrument itself","Heavy reliance on external documents (the attached ADs themselves are not reproduced)","Cross-reference to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (subregulation 39.001(1)) for authority","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table listing 85 ADs with their status (active, amended, or cancelled)","Minimal legal drafting — essentially a procedural re-authorisation instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is an administrative measure by CASA that revokes and immediately remakes 85 existing Airworthiness Directives for Cessna 180/182 and Wren 460 series aircraft. It affects owners, operators, maintenance engineers, and pilots of those types.\n\nNo safety requirements change—this is a legal/technical refresh so the ADs remain valid and enforceable under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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