{"id":"F2006B07887","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50889,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07887-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 - Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 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 Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 Series Aeroplanes\n\n AD Name AD Number\n\n Aircraft Flight Manual Amendment AD/GA8/1\n\n Aileron Control System AD/GA8/2\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains identical scope to the original directives. The explicit note states each directive is being 're-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition,' confirming no expansion of scope or substance."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 300 words)","Only 2 substantive items listed in Schedule 1","No defined terms section","Simple binary structure: revoke (a) and remake (b)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Cross-reference limited to a single regulation (subregulation 39.001(1)) and the attached schedules","Essentially a procedural/administrative instrument rather than substantive rule-making"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical aviation safety instrument issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in December 2004. It does two things:\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) two existing Airworthiness Directives for Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 series aeroplanes\n- **Remakes** those same directives as fresh, separate legal instruments\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 aircraft (a type of Australian-made utility aeroplane)\n- Maintenance engineers and organisations working on these aircraft\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAirworthiness Directives are legally binding safety orders. They require specific inspections, modifications, or operational changes to fix unsafe conditions in aircraft. This instrument is essentially a housekeeping exercise—updating the legal form of existing safety requirements without changing their substance. The two directives being refreshed cover:\n- **AD/GA8/1**: Changes to the Aircraft Flight Manual (the rulebook pilots must follow)\n- **AD/GA8/2**: Inspections or fixes for the aileron control system (the mechanism that controls the plane's roll)\n\nThe note confirms the actual safety requirements stay exactly the same—only the legal paperwork is being tidied up."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument revokes and remakes the specified Airworthiness Directives in exactly the same form as the latest published edition (Note). Because the text expressly re-issues the same content, it does not change the substantive scope of the listed Directives; it changes only their legal form and publication as separate attached instruments (opening paragraph; Schedule 1; Note)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument limited to revocation and re-issue (opening paragraph).","Explicit, narrow reference to the enabling provision (subregulation 39.001 (1)), reducing need for broader statutory interpretation (opening paragraph).","Relies on attached instruments and a reference to the 'latest published edition' of each Directive, requiring readers to consult those texts for operative detail (Note; opening paragraph).","Affects a narrowly identified class of aircraft (Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 series) and two named ADs (Schedule 1).","No substantive technical amendments in the instrument itself (Note), so regulatory impact analysis is limited to administrative form rather than substantive rule changes."],"plain_english_summary":"A CASA delegate uses subregulation 39.001(1) to revoke two Airworthiness Directives for Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 series aeroplanes and re‑issue them as separate instruments attached to this instrument. The ADs are re‑made in the same form as their latest published editions, so substantive obligations remain unchanged; operators should rely on the re‑made attached texts as the operative instruments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-gippsland-aeronautics-ga8-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}