{"id":"F2006B07848","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Electrical Equipment","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-electrical-equipment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50798,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07848-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 - Electrical Equipment","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\nElectrical Equipment\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nRelay - Leach - Modification - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/1\n\nIgnition Switches - Briggs and Stratton - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/2\n\nCircuit Breakers - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/3\n\nMagnetos BTH - Earthing Modification AD/ELECT/4\n\nMagneto - Impulse Starters - Modification AD/ELECT/5\n\nMagneto - BTH - Contact Breakers Assembly - Modification AD/ELECT/6\n\nMagneto - BTH Gear - Modification AD/ELECT/7\n\nMagneto Bosch Cam Bearing - Modification - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/8\n\nMagneto Bendix Scintilla - Lubrication - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/9\n\nMagneto Bendix Scintilla - Lubrication and Modification - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/10 Amdt 1\n\nLeach Relays - Control Terminal Insulation AD/ELECT/11\n\nBriggs and Stratton AAF Type B5 Ignition Switches - Modification AD/ELECT/12\n\nMagneto - BTH - Slow Speed Wheel - Inspection AD/ELECT/13 Amdt 2\n\nMagneto Bendix Scintilla - Inspection AD/ELECT/14\n\nEngine Starter - Bendix - Modification AD/ELECT/15\n\nMagneto - Bendix Scintilla Distributor Gear - Inspection AD/ELECT/16\n\nMagneto Bendix Scintilla Distributor Block - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/17\n\nSlick 4000/4100 Series Sealed Non-Repairable Magnetos - Retirement Life AD/ELECT/18 Amdt 3\n\nSlick Magneto Impulse Coupling - Replacement - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/19 Amdt 1\n\nEisemann Magneto Coils P/N H27-958 - Inspection and Replacement AD/ELECT/20\n\nSlick Magnetos - 447 and 600 Series - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/21 Amdt 6\n\nWood Electric Corp. Circuit Breakers - Inspection and Modification - AD/ELECT/22\n\nNickel Cadmium Batteries with Polystyrene Cell Cases - Inspection and AD/ELECT/23\n\nPrestolite Alternator Fan - Replacement - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/24 Amdt 1\n\nSlick Magneto Hub - Impulse Coupling Replacement - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/25 Amdt 1\n\nNickel Cadmium Batteries - Double D Washers - Inspection and Removal AD/ELECT/26\n\nBendix Impulse Coupling - Flyweight Clearance Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/27 Amdt 6\n\nPrestolite Alternator SRE Bearing Inspection AD/ELECT/28 Amdt 3\n\nSuperseded AD/ELECT/29\n\n  \nBendix Magneto Coil Retainer Plug Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/30 Amdt 2\n\nBendix Magneto Capacitor Malfunction Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/31\n\nSuperseded AD/ELECT/32 Amdt 1\n\nBendix Magneto Rear Bearing Overheating Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/33\n\nBendix D2000/D2200 Series Magnetos Using Green Distributor Blocks - AD/ELECT/34\n\nBendix Magneto - Housing Distortion - Inspection and Modification - AD/ELECT/35 Amdt 1\n\nSlick Magneto Impulse Coupling - Inspection - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/36\n\nJET Electronics and Technology Inc. Standby Power Supply - Modification AD/ELECT/37 Amdt 2\n\nBendix Distributor Gear Electrode - Inspection/Replacement AD/ELECT/38\n\nBendix Starting Vibrator - Inspection and Modification AD/ELECT/39\n\nSlick Magneto Coil AD/ELECT/40\n\nBendix Distributor Gear Electrode - Inspection/Replacement - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/41\n\nBendix Impulse Couplings AD/ELECT/42 Amdt 1\n\nJ.E.T. Emergency Power Supply - Inspection/Modification AD/ELECT/43\n\nSlick Magnetos - Bearing Inspection and Modification - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/44 Amdt 1\n\nAircraft Batteries - Exide Type 6AC9 and 6AC11 AD/ELECT/45\n\nSlick Magnetos - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/46 Amdt 6\n\nPropeller De-Ice Terminal Clamp Assembly AD/ELECT/47\n\nMechanical Products Inc - Circuit Breakers AD/ELECT/48 Amdt 3\n\nBendix Magneto Distributor Block - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/49\n\nRebling Nickel Cadmium Battery Quick Disconnect Receptacles AD/ELECT/50\n\nSAFT 40AH Type 40976 Batteries AD/ELECT/51 Amdt 1\n\nBruce Industries Fluorescent Lamp Ballast AD/ELECT/52\n\nBendix Magneto Clear Case Coils - CANCELLED AD/ELECT/53 Amdt 2\n\nSealed Lead Acid Aircraft Batteries AD/ELECT/54\n\nTexas Instruments Circuit Breakers AD/ELECT/55 Amdt 2\n\nCabin Fluorescent Lighting System Components AD/ELECT/56 Amdt 1\n\nLanding Gear - Dunlop Fan and Transducer Installation AD/ELECT/57 Amdt 1\n\nSAFT 1606-1 Batteries AD/ELECT/58\n\nIgnition Switches AD/ELECT/59 Amdt 1\n\nPrecise Flight Incorporated Pulselite AD/ELECT/60\n\nNordskog Water Heaters and Coffee Makers AD/ELECT/61\n\nInventum Water Heaters AD/ELECT/62\n\nTCM (Bendix) Magneto Capacitor AD/ELECT/63 Amdt 1\n\nNordskog Water Heaters and Coffee Makers AD/ELECT/64\n\nMarathon Power Technologies PC-250 Static Inverter AD/ELECT/65\n\n  \nBendix Magneto Coils and Rotating Magnets AD/ELECT/66 Amdt 1\n\nrospace Lighting Corporation Cabin Fluorescent Lighting System Components AD/ELECT/67\n\nBendix Impulse Coupling Inspection AD/ELECT/68\n\nSteam Oven Motor Relay AD/ELECT/69\n\nInflatable Door Seal System AD/ELECT/70 Amdt 2\n\nSAFT America Inc. Nickel Cadmium Batteries AD/ELECT/71\n\nFluorescent Light Ballasts AD/ELECT/72\n\nBritax Sell Galley Equipment AD/ELECT/73\n\nLermer GmbH Water Boilers AD/ELECT/74","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely administrative remaking instrument. The scope remains exactly as per the original Airworthiness Directives — the instrument explicitly states each AD is being re-made 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive'. 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It affects aircraft owners/operators, maintenance organisations, and manufacturers of electrical components by preserving or terminating binding safety requirements.\n\nBy re‑issuing active ADs and formally cancelling those marked “CANCELLED” or “Superseded,” it maintains legal clarity and enforceability of required inspections, modifications, or replacements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs an administrative revocation and re‑making of the listed electrical equipment ADs without altering their substantive content: each AD is reissued 'in exactly the same form as' its latest published edition (see note and Schedule 1). The action shifts the legal form of the directives into separate instruments but does not change the underlying obligations; operators must still consult the attached AD texts for precise requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Large schedule listing many ADs (Schedule 1) increases volume of instruments operators must check.","Mixed status labels in the schedule (e.g. 'CANCELLED', multiple 'Amdt' notations) require operators to verify each AD’s current operative text.","Legal authority is delegated action under subregulation 39.001(1) (CASR 1998), concentrating decision power in the CASA delegate for this administrative step.","Operational compliance burden falls on aircraft owners/operators and maintenance organisations who must implement each AD’s technical requirements (inspections, modifications, retirements).","Risk of version‑control and reference errors: instrument remakes ADs 'in exactly the same form as' latest published edition, so practical effect depends on attachment/publication accuracy.","Administrative workload for CASA and registries to republish and maintain many separate instruments and ensure distribution to affected parties."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes a listed set of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for aircraft electrical equipment and re‑issues each as a separate AD in the same form as its latest published edition. 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