{"id":"F2006B07801","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Cessna 210 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-210-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50646,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07801-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 210 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 210 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/1\n\nNose Gear Downlock - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/2\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/3\n\nPlastic Control Wheel - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/4 Amdt 2\n\nRear Spar - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/5 Amdt 2\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/6\n\nElevator Tab Actuator - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/7\n\nFuel System Placard - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/8\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/9\n\nMain Landing Gear Actuators - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/10 Amdt\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/11\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Pump Electrical System - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/12 Amdt\n\nControl Systems - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/13\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/14\n\nAileron Mass Balance Weight Attachment Rivets - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/15 Amdt\n\nExhaust Manifold Heat Exchanger - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/16\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/17\n\nAlternator Earth Lead - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/18\n\nAileron Control Tube - Inspection and Automatic Pilot Roll Servo - Removal AD/CESSNA 210/19\n\nAft Tailcone Assembly AD/CESSNA 210/20 Amdt\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/21\n\nIntercostal Bulkhead - Reinforcement AD/CESSNA 210/22\n\nHydraulic Pressure Line/Trim Tab Chain Interference - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/23\n\nHydraulic Line - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/24\n\nMain Gear Wheel Assemblies - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/25\n\nFuel Quantity Placards - Revision AD/CESSNA 210/26\n\nRudder Trim Chain - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/27\n\nGear Warning and Fuel Pump Switches Operating Cable - Inspection and AD/CESSNA 210/28\n\nTurbocharger Thrust Bearing Pin and Centre Housing Assembly - Replacement AD/CESSNA 210/29 Amdt\n\n  \nFuel Selector Valve - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/30\n\nFuel Reservoir Fitting - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/31\n\nGoodyear Fuel Cells - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/32\n\nAuto Pilot System - Disabling and Modification AD/CESSNA 210/33\n\nAmmeter Type and Position - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 210/34\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/35\n\nWindshield And Windows - Fatigue Life Limitation AD/CESSNA 210/36\n\nTurbocharger Oil Return Hose - Replacement AD/CESSNA 210/37\n\nVented Fuel Caps - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/38 Amdt\n\nPre-Certification Requirements - Modifications AD/CESSNA 210/39\n\nFuel Tank Filler Neck - Inspection and Replacement AD/CESSNA 210/40\n\nFuel Flow Stabilisation Placard - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/41\n\nFuel Flow Indication System - Hose Inspection and Replacement AD/CESSNA 210/42\n\nAlternator Ground Strap - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/43 Amdt\n\nFlying Control System Turnbuckles - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/44\n\nEngine Compartment Fuel Lines - Modification - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 210/45\n\nTurbocharger - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/46\n\nFuel Vapour Return Line - Repositioning AD/CESSNA 210/47\n\nFuel Cap Alignment Placard - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/48\n\nKing Autopilot Roll Axis Bridle Clamp - Inspection and Rectification AD/CESSNA 210/49\n\nEngine and Turbocharger Installation - Checks and Modification AD/CESSNA 210/50 Amdt\n\nWing Tip Navigation/Strobe Lights Installed in Flint ro Wing Tip Tanks - AD/CESSNA 210/51\n\nEngine Exhaust System - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/52 Amdt\n\nOxygen Indicator Lights - Modification AD/CESSNA 210/53\n\nWing Main Spar Attachment Fittings - Inspection AD/CESSNA 210/54\n\nBladder Type Fuel Cells - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 210/55 Amdt\n\nFuel Filler Caps and Adaptors AD/CESSNA 210/56 Amdt\n\nFuel Selector Valve Safety Wire - Installation AD/CESSNA 210/57\n\nTurbocharger Oil Reservoir Outlet Fitting AD/CESSNA 210/58 Amdt\n\nInstallation of Fuel System Water Drainage Placard AD/CESSNA 210/59\n\nSeat Adjustment Mechanism AD/CESSNA 210/60 Amdt\n\nWing Main Spar Carry-Through Section AD/CESSNA 210/61 Amdt\n\nSlick Pressurized Magnetos AD/CESSNA 210/62\n\nSlick Pressurized Magnetos - Flight Manual AD/CESSNA 210/63\n\nAircraft Repair AD/CESSNA 210/64\n\nFuel Line Chafing AD/CESSNA 210/65\n\n  \nForward Door Post Bulkhead AD/CESSNA 210/66 Amdt\n\nAircraft Flight Manual, Flight into Icing Conditions AD/CESSNA 210/67\n\nFuel Strainer AD/CESSNA 210/68\n\nHorizontal Stabilizer Front Spar AD/CESSNA 210/69 Amdt\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Attachment Brackets AD/CESSNA 210/70\n\nBrackett Engine Air Filters AD/CESSNA 210/71 Amdt\n\nCigar Lighter Wiring AD/CESSNA 210/72\n\nUpper Shoulder Harness Adjuster Spring AD/CESSNA 210/73","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is administrative housekeeping: it revokes a collective Airworthiness Directives instrument and re‑issues the listed ADs as separate instruments in the same form as their latest published editions. It does not introduce new substantive regulatory requirements or expand the regulatory scope beyond the existing ADs; it therefore does not change the original substantive scope of the AD regime for the Cessna 210 series. The main change is in form (how the ADs are published and cited), not in substance."},"complexity_factors":["Short administrative instrument (one-page delegate instrument)","Direct reference to subregulation 39.001(1) as legal authority","Schedule 1 lists AD numbers from 1 to 73 (inclusive) with a mix of live ADs, amended ADs (marked 'Amdt'), and many marked 'CANCELLED'","Multiple cross-references implied to the \"latest published edition\" of each AD (external documents not attached in full)","Operational complexity for readers arises from reconciling the Schedule list with the separate re‑made AD instruments (not included in this instrument)","Potential for citation/record‑keeping confusion during transition from a collective instrument to many separate instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- A delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) uses the power in subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 to revoke a collective instrument called “Airworthiness Directives 2004” and to re-issue (re‑make) the individual Airworthiness Directives (ADs) listed in Schedule 1 as separate instruments.  (See the opening paragraph and Schedule 1.)\n- The instrument states that each attached AD is re‑made in exactly the same form as it appears in the latest published edition of that Directive.\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Owners, operators and maintainers of Cessna 210 series aeroplanes who are subject to the listed ADs. These parties must continue to comply with each AD’s requirements (inspections, modifications, placards, replacements, etc.).\n- Aircraft maintenance organisations and certificated engineers who carry out the required work and record compliance.\n- CASA administratively: the regulator is the decision maker and the issuer of the separate AD instruments.\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and practical effect)**\n\n- Stated purpose: an administrative revocation of a collective AD instrument and the re‑issue of each listed AD as a separate legal instrument. The note attached says each AD is re‑made in the same form as the latest published edition.\n- Practical effect: the safety requirements embodied in the listed ADs remain in force (subject to their individual content and status). The action is primarily administrative: it changes how the ADs are published/cited (separate instruments rather than a single collective instrument) but not the substantive technical requirements of each AD as re‑made.\n\n**Testing the stated purpose against likely costs, incentives and risks**\n\n- Costs and who pays: There is no new technical compliance cost created by this instrument itself because each AD is re‑made in its current form. Any costs of compliance with the ADs (parts, labour, downtime) continue to be borne by aircraft owners/operators as before. There may be small administrative costs to update records, maintenance manuals, logbooks, and compliance tracking to reflect new instrument citations.\n- Incentives and private choice: The move from a collective instrument to separate instruments does not change operators’ technical choices or contractual freedom except that it may make it easier or clearer for CASA to amend individual ADs later. That could increase regulatory flexibility; operators face the same substantive obligations unless an individual AD is later varied. (See opening paragraph and the Note.)\n- Trade‑offs and opportunity costs: The main trade‑off is regulatory housekeeping versus short administrative effort by operators to adjust references. The instrument frees CASA to manage each AD independently but imposes negligible direct opportunity cost on the industry beyond updating documentation.\n- Implementation risk and compliance burden: Risk of temporary confusion about which citation applies (the old collective AD versus newly re‑made separate ADs) is possible; operators must ensure they refer to the current instrument when documenting compliance. The compliance burden in substance is unchanged because the content is unchanged.\n- Bureaucratic discretion: The delegate acted under an existing regulatory power (subregulation 39.001(1)). Re‑making ADs individually gives CASA clearer levers to amend, suspend or revoke individual ADs later without touching others.\n- Effects on competition, prices, productivity and ownership: No direct effect. Costs of required maintenance remain relevant to operators’ operating costs; those costs are not changed by this administrative re‑issuance.\n\n**Immediate observable consequences for behaviour**\n\n- Operators and maintainers should check that their compliance records, maintenance programs and manuals reference the correct (re‑made) AD instruments.\n- No immediate change to required inspections, modifications or placards in the substantive ADs as re‑made.\n\n**Where to look in the instrument**\n\n- Delegation and legal authority: opening paragraph (acting under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998).\n- Which ADs are affected: Schedule 1 (lists AD/CESSNA 210/1 through AD/CESSNA 210/73 with many entries marked as cancelled or amended)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument explicitly states it is remaking the directives 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is a pure re-enactment with no expansion of scope. The only reduction in scope is the removal of several cancelled directives."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose instrument with clear structure (revocation + remaking)","No defined terms section—relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive' and aviation terminology","No conditional logic or nested exceptions—just a straightforward list","Cross-references only to the enabling regulation (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, subregulation 39.001(1)) and to attached schedules","Length is short (2 pages), consisting primarily of a tabular schedule listing 73 directives by name and number","Technical complexity exists in the *subject matter* (aviation engineering) but not in the *legal instrument* itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes 73 existing Cessna 210 Airworthiness Directives and remakes them as separate, standalone legal instruments in the same form, preserving the current mandatory safety requirements. Several directives marked \"CANCELLED\" are revoked and not remade, removing those obsolete requirements.\n\nIt’s an administrative housekeeping move by CASA that affects Cessna 210 owners, operators, licensed maintenance engineers, and organisations using these aircraft, ensuring continued enforceability and clearer legal structure."},"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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