{"id":"F2006B07803","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Cessna 320 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50653,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07803-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 320 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 320 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 320/1\n\nFin Spar Attachment Bolts - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/2\n\nNose Gear Main Drive Tube Assembly - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/3\n\nSafety Harness - Installation AD/CESSNA 320/4\n\nFuel Pressure Switch - Relocation AD/CESSNA 320/5\n\nNose Gear Uplock Torque Tube - Replacement AD/CESSNA 320/6\n\nFuel Lines - Modification and Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/7\n\nCANCELLED AD/CESSNA 320/8 Amdt 2\n\nFuel System - Placards AD/CESSNA 320/9 Amdt 2\n\nFuel System - Placards AD/CESSNA 320/10 Amdt\n\nFuel System - CANCELLED AD/CESSNA 320/11 Amdt\n\nTurbocharger AD/CESSNA 320/12 Amdt\n\nFuel Crossover Line - Modification AD/CESSNA 320/13\n\nEngine Nacelle Wiring - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/14\n\nFuel Crossover Line - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 320/15 Amdt\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations - Modification AD/CESSNA 320/16\n\nWing Leading Edge Fuel Lines and Wiring - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 320/17\n\nFuel Crossfeed Lines - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 320/18\n\nWing and Airframe AD/CESSNA 320/19 Amdt\n\nMain Landing Gear Aft Trunnion Support Spar - Inspection and Modification AD/CESSNA 320/20\n\nEngine Exhaust System AD/CESSNA 320/21 Amdt\n\nTip Tank Fuel Seepage - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/22\n\nMain Landing Gear Attachment - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/23\n\nExhaust Tailpipe Support Kit - Installation AD/CESSNA 320/24\n\nWing Tip Strobe Light - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/25\n\nMain Landing Gear Fork-Bolt - Replacement AD/CESSNA 320/26\n\nMain Landing Gear Down Lock Pin and Set Screw - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/27\n\nGoodyear Fuel Cells - Inspection AD/CESSNA 320/28\n\nPowerplant Fire Detection System - Installation AD/CESSNA 320/29 Amdt\n\nWing Front Spar Lower Attachment Fittings AD/CESSNA 320/30 Amdt\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Pump Wiring Modification AD/CESSNA 320/31\n\nMain Landing Gear Wheel Bay Wing Rib and Wing Skin AD/CESSNA 320/32 Amdt","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No substantive change. The instrument revokes the listed ADs and re-issues each separately, and the Note states each re-made AD is identical to its latest published form (see instrument clauses (a)–(b) and the Note). The action is administrative repackaging; existing AD requirements remain in force and continue to impose compliance costs on operators."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis is a single delegation under subregulation 39.001(1) (instrument preamble), so legal authority is straightforward.","Schedule 1 lists a large number of individual ADs (many different inspections, modifications and replacements), increasing administrative tracking and compliance tasks for operators.","Several entries are marked CANCELLED or as amendments (e.g. 'Amdt'), which requires cross-referencing with published AD editions to confirm current status.","The instrument performs administrative revocation and re-issue rather than substantive change — the Note explicitly states each attached AD is re-made in exactly the same form as the latest published edition.","Operational burden falls on private parties (owners/operators/maintenance organisations) to carry out and record work specified by each AD; CASA delegate retains decision authority to issue ADs."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, the CASA delegate revokes the Airworthiness Directives listed in Schedule 1 and re-makes each as a separate instrument under subregulation 39.001(1); each re-made AD is identical to its latest published form. \n\nOwners, operators and maintenance organisations of Cessna 320 series aeroplanes must continue to comply with the inspections, modifications and replacements set out in those ADs and maintain records. The delegate decides; direct costs (labour, parts, paperwork) fall on operators and maintenance providers."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as the original Airworthiness Directives. It is purely a procedural remaking under new legislative architecture. The substantive safety requirements, applicable aircraft types, and compliance obligations remain unchanged. The scope has not expanded or contracted — it has been preserved in a different legal format."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward actions (revoke and remake)","No defined terms section — relies on external definitions in the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","Schedule 1 is a simple table with only 3 columns (AD Name, AD Number, and implicit status)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Cross-references limited to: (a) subregulation 39.001(1) of the CASR 1998 (the enabling power), and (b) the attached ADs themselves","Note clarifies that content remains identical — reduces interpretive burden","Length is extremely short (approximately 400 words excluding the schedule table)","Straightforward administrative purpose with no substantive policy changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is an administrative move by CASA that revokes and immediately reissues 32 Airworthiness Directives for Cessna 320-series aeroplanes as separate standalone legal instruments. It doesn’t change any safety requirements—owners, operators, maintenance organisations and pilots must keep complying—but restructures the ADs for clarity and accessibility. Three of the directives are revoked without remake (cancelled), so those specific obligations no longer apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-cessna-320-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}