{"id":"F2006B07854","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-eurocopter-as-332-super-puma-series-helicopter","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50816,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07854-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 - Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters","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\nEurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) Series Helicopters\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nMain Rotor Shaft AD/S-PUMA/1\n\nMain Rotor Head - Sleeves AD/S-PUMA/2\n\nTail Rotor Head Spindles AD/S-PUMA/3 Amdt 2\n\nIntermediate Gearbox Aft Attachment Rib - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/4 Amdt 2\n\nLanding Gear Actuator Fairing AD/S-PUMA/5\n\nLucas Air Equipment Hoists - Explosive Squib AD/S-PUMA/6 Amdt 1\n\nElectrical Cabinet Cover Panel AD/S-PUMA/7 Amdt 1\n\nEngine / Main Gearbox Coupling Shaft - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/8\n\nElectrical Power System AD/S-PUMA/9\n\nTail Rotor Pitch Change Bearings AD/S-PUMA/10 Amdt 2\n\nMain Rotor LE Protective Strip AD/S-PUMA/11 Amdt 2\n\nTail Rotor Head - Clevis Sleeves - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/12\n\nTail Rotor Drive Shaft - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/13\n\nSwashplate Scissors AD/S-PUMA/14\n\nSling Installation - 3 Ton Cargo Hook AD/S-PUMA/15 Amdt 1\n\nTail Position Lights AD/S-PUMA/16\n\nMain Gearbox Epicyclic Module Upper Casing Bearing Attachment Bolts AD/S-PUMA/17\n\nMain Rotor Blade De-Icers AD/S-PUMA/18\n\nTail Rotor Electrical Bonding Braids - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/19\n\nTail Rotor Flange Hinge - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/20 Amdt 2\n\nTail Rotor Pitch Change Spiders AD/S-PUMA/21 Amdt 1\n\nTail Rotor Shaft AD/S-PUMA/22\n\nMain Rotor Spindles and Flapping Hinge Pins AD/S-PUMA/23\n\nIntermediate Gearbox Front Stirrup AD/S-PUMA/24 Amdt 1\n\nCockpit Doors Hinge Tenons AD/S-PUMA/25 Amdt 1\n\nSingle Pole Circuit Breaker AD/S-PUMA/26\n\nMain Rotor Head Blade Horn Eye Bolts AD/S-PUMA/27 Amdt 1\n\nEngine to Main Gearbox Coupling AD/S-PUMA/28 Amdt 4\n\nFree Turbine Vibration Checks - Makila 1A, 1A1 Turboshaft Engines - AD/S-PUMA/29\n\n  \nTail Rotor Gearbox (TGB) Angular Play Check AD/S-PUMA/30 Amdt 2\n\nTail Rotor Blade De-icing Rotating Collector AD/S-PUMA/31 Amdt 1\n\nConnectral Electrical Connection Modules AD/S-PUMA/32\n\nFuel By-pass Valve AD/S-PUMA/33 Amdt 4\n\nHoist Arm Lower Fitting Attachment AD/S-PUMA/34 Amdt 1\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Spar Tube AD/S-PUMA/35 Amdt 2\n\nTail Rotor Blades AD/S-PUMA/36\n\nFerry Fuel Tanks AD/S-PUMA/37\n\nMain Frame 5295 AD/S-PUMA/38 Amdt 3\n\nPilot and Co-Pilot Cockpit Pedal Unit AD/S-PUMA/39 Amdt 1\n\nEngine Indicating - CANCELLED AD/S-PUMA/40\n\nMain Gearbox Bevel Gear AD/S-PUMA/41 Amdt 2\n\nMain Rotor and Tail Rotor Dynamic Components AD/S-PUMA/42 Amdt 1\n\nFerry Tank Attachment AD/S-PUMA/43 Amdt 2\n\nRescue Hoist AD/S-PUMA/44\n\nMain Rotor Blades - Vibration Absorbers AD/S-PUMA/45 Amdt 1\n\nElectric Hoists AD/S-PUMA/46\n\nFuel Governor AD/S-PUMA/47\n\nHydraulic Reservoir Fittings AD/S-PUMA/48\n\nPilot Cyclic Stick Stops AD/S-PUMA/49\n\nEngine Electronic Control Unit AD/S-PUMA/50\n\nTail Rotor Hub Bearing AD/S-PUMA/51\n\nHoist Hooks AD/S-PUMA/52\n\nHoist Operator's Belt Snap Hook AD/S-PUMA/53\n\nPlug Doors AD/S-PUMA/54\n\nBREEZE Hoist Hooks AD/S-PUMA/55\n\nHoist Plate Front Attachment AD/S-PUMA/56","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or change the substantive scope of the covered Airworthiness Directives. It revokes existing ADs and re‑issues them in the same textual form as separate instruments. That is an administrative re‑formatting and does not materially change the technical obligations or the population of affected aircraft; therefore the legislative scope has not changed beyond its original purpose of administering ADs."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative power clause (revocation and remaking) — low conditionality","About 56 ADs listed in the Schedule (many have amendment markers or are marked CANCELLED) — volume increases bookkeeping complexity but not legal complexity","Few defined terms and no nested exceptions in the instrument itself","Cross‑reference to one enabling provision: subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","No technical or substantive amendments to ADs claimed — instrument is administrative in nature"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) delegate uses the power in subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 to **revoke** a list of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that apply to Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) helicopters and, at the same time, **re‑issue (re‑make)** each listed AD as a separate, stand‑alone instrument.\n- The instrument states each re‑made AD is issued “in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.” In other words, the technical content and compliance requirements of the ADs are not changed by this action; only their legal form and presentation are changed (they become separate instruments rather than being listed under this single instrument).\n- The instrument includes a Schedule listing the affected ADs by title and number (AD/S‑PUMA/1 through AD/S‑PUMA/56). Several items in the Schedule are annotated as amended (Amdt) or cancelled.\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Owners, operators, maintenance organisations, continuing airworthiness managers and maintenance staff of Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma) series helicopters — they remain required to comply with the active ADs listed.\n- Approved Maintenance Organisations (AMOs), Design Organisations and other stakeholders who reference ADs in maintenance manuals, airworthiness records and compliance procedures — they will need to ensure their references point to the newly issued, separate instruments.\n- CASA and its delegate — they implement the administrative step of revoking and re‑issuing the ADs.\n\n**Why it matters (what changes for duty‑holders and regulators)**\n\n- Legal form: The ADs are converted into separate legal instruments. This does not change the technical obligations (the AD text is stated to be identical) but it does change how the ADs are cited, stored, and referenced in regulatory and maintenance documentation.\n- Administrative impact: Regulator and industry must update administrative records and cross‑references (maintenance schedules, logbooks, manuals, compliance lists) so that the correct standalone AD instruments are cited.\n- Continuity and clarity: Re‑making each AD as a separate instrument typically makes each directive easier to locate, reference and update in future, which can reduce ambiguity about which instrument is the operative AD.\n\n**Source’s stated purpose and a quick test against practical effects**\n\n- The instrument explicitly claims it is a housekeeping measure: to revoke the listed ADs and re‑issue each exactly as published. If true, the measure does not change technical safety requirements. It is therefore primarily an administrative/legal form change.\n- Costs and who pays: The direct compliance cost does not change (operators must still meet the same AD requirements). The immediate cost is administrative: updating references in manuals, logbooks and compliance paperwork. Those costs are borne by operators, maintenance organisations and CASA (for its own records).\n- Incentives and behaviour changes: There is no new safety obligation or regulatory burden in substance, so the only behavioural change is administrative — adopting the separate AD documents as the authoritative references.\n- Implementation risks and opportunity costs: The main risk is temporary confusion during the transition if organisations continue to refer to the old consolidated instrument or do not update references. Opportunity cost is staff time spent on administrative updates rather than other compliance tasks.\n- Concentrated benefits / diffuse costs: The benefit (clearer legal form and easier referencing of individual ADs) is concentrated for regulator and maintenance record‑keepers; the costs (paperwork updates) are dispersed across operators and maintainers.\n\n**Relevant legal authority**\n\n- The action is taken under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, which gives CASA powers to issue ADs and related instruments.\n\n**What to do if you are affected**\n\n- Confirm the active ADs that apply to your airframes and ensure references in maintenance manuals, AMM (Aircraft Maintenance Manual) cross‑references, maintenance control documentation and logbooks point to the newly issued, separate AD instruments.\n- Check the Schedule: some AD numbers are annotated as “CANCELLED” or with amendment numbers (Amdt n). Confirm whether an AD is active, cancelled, or superseded in CASA’s current AD listing.\n\n(Reference: instrument revoking and re‑making the listed Eurocopter AS 332 ADs under subregulation 39.001(1) CASR 1998.)"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs a pure administrative remaking function. The scope remains exactly as intended: to maintain the legal validity of existing airworthiness requirements for the Super Puma helicopter fleet. The cancellation of 7 directives represents normal regulatory maintenance (removing obsolete requirements) rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward binary action (revoke and remake)","No defined terms section — relies on external knowledge of aviation terminology","Simple tabular schedule listing 56 items with minimal metadata (name and number only)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-referencing within the instrument itself","Heavy reliance on external documents (the attached ADs themselves are not reproduced)","Straightforward delegation chain (single delegate acting under single regulation reference)"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA order formally revokes and reissues 56 Airworthiness Directives for the Eurocopter AS 332 (Super Puma), remaking them as legally valid instruments in the same form. ADs are mandatory safety instructions for inspections, repairs or modifications affecting airworthiness.\n\nIt’s mainly administrative housekeeping to preserve legal validity; it affects Super Puma owners/operators, maintenance engineers and CASA. Seven listed directives are cancelled, removing those specific obligations."},"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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