{"id":"F2006B07865","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Fairchild F24 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50841,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07865-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 - Fairchild F24 Series Aeroplanes","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n Airworthiness Directives 2004\n\n I, DAVID ALAN VILLIERS, delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety\n\n Authority, acting under subregulation 39.001 (1) of the Civil\n\n Aviation Safety Regulations 1998:\n\n (a) revoke the Airworthiness Directives mentioned in\n\n Schedule 1; and\n\n (b) make, as separate instruments, each Airworthiness\n\n Directive mentioned in Schedule 1 and attached.\n\n \n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n David Villiers\n\n Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority\n\n \n\n  20 December 2004\n\n Note:   Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the\n\n same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.\n\n \n\n\n Schedule 1 Revocation and Remaking of\n\n Airworthiness Directives\n\n Fairchild F24 Series Aeroplanes\n\n AD Name AD Number\n\n Undercarriage Strut - Inspection AD/F24/1 Amdt 1\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly what its title suggests—revocation and remaking of specific Airworthiness Directives. There is no expansion beyond the stated purpose. The note explicitly confirms the content remains identical to the previous version, indicating strict adherence to original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 300 words)","Only one substantive action: revocation and remaking of a single Airworthiness Directive","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","Simple binary structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake","Single schedule with only one entry (AD/F24/1 Amdt 1)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical aviation safety instrument issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in 2004. It does two things: **cancels an old safety notice** and **reissues it as a new, standalone rule**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes (cancels)** an existing Airworthiness Directive (AD) numbered AD/F24/1 Amdt 1, which required inspections of undercarriage (landing gear) struts on Fairchild F24 series aeroplanes.\n- **Remakes** that same directive as a separate, fresh legal instrument, keeping the content exactly the same as the last published version.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of Fairchild F24 series aircraft (a type of light, vintage aircraft originally built in the 1930s-1940s).\n- Maintenance engineers and organisations responsible for keeping these aircraft airworthy.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAirworthiness Directives are legally binding safety orders. They tell aircraft owners they **must** perform specific inspections or repairs to keep flying legally. This instrument is part of CASA's housekeeping—updating how these directives are legally structured without changing the actual safety requirements. The undercarriage strut inspection remains mandatory; only the legal \"wrapper\" around it has been refreshed.\n\n**Key point:** The safety requirement itself hasn't changed. This is administrative tidying to ensure the directive sits correctly within Australia's aviation regulations."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or content of the Airworthiness Directive listed (AD/F24/1 Amdt 1). It revokes the listed Directive and re‑issues it as a separate instrument \"in exactly the same form\" as the latest published edition (see opening paragraph, Schedule 1 and Note). Any effects are administrative (instrument identity, citation, and record management) rather than changes to technical or compliance requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow administrative effect: revocation and re‑making of a specific AD without substantive change (opening paragraph; Note).","Reference to enabling power that delegates decision-making (subregulation 39.001(1)).","Dependence on attached/external documents (the actual AD text is in the attached/latest published edition), requiring users to consult those documents for technical obligations (Schedule 1; Note).","Potential for minor administrative coordination costs (record-keeping, citation changes) despite no substantive change to safety obligations (Note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes and re‑issues Airworthiness Directive AD/F24/1 Amdt 1 for Fairchild F24 series aeroplanes, re‑making it in the identical form of the latest published edition. It is an administrative action by CASA’s delegate that does not alter technical obligations, so owners, operators and maintenance organisations still bear any compliance costs. The main practical effects are on legal instrument identity, citation and record‑keeping rather than on substantive safety requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-fairchild-f24-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}