{"id":"F2006B07903","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Hot Air Balloons","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50924,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07903-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 - Hot Air Balloons","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\nHot Air Balloons\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nBrass Nipple Failure AD/BAL/1\n\nBlast or Burner Valves AD/BAL/2 Amdt 1\n\nLP Gas Cylinders AD/BAL/3 Amdt 4\n\nFlexible Hose Assemblies AD/BAL/4 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Manifold System AD/BAL/5 Amdt 1\n\nBlanking Hose Ends AD/BAL/6\n\nFuel Supply Hose Assemblies AD/BAL/7\n\nInstruments in Hot Air Balloons AD/BAL/8 Amdt 1\n\nInstruments in Thermal Airships AD/BAL/9 Amdt 1\n\nWire Rope Vent and Rip Lines AD/BAL/10\n\nAft Suspension Cables AD/BAL/11 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Hose AD/BAL/12\n\nPortable Fire Extinguisher AD/BAL/13\n\nFast Flow Restrictor Valves AD/BAL/14\n\nAltimeter Graduations AD/BAL/15 Amdt 1\n\nThunder and Colt Suspension Cables AD/BAL/16\n\nTurning Vents - Cameron Balloons Ltd (Thunder and Colt) AD/BAL/17\n\nTrivents AD/BAL/18\n\nTriple Burner Frame Cross Bar AD/BAL/19\n\nCameron/Thunder & Colt Pressure Relief Valves AD/BAL/20\n\nLiquid Fire & Pilot Light Valve Stem Replacement AD/BAL/21\n\nFuel Flow Reducer - Installation AD/BAL/22 Amdt 1\n\nTriple and Quad Burner Support AD/BAL/23\n\nSolid Floor Baskets AD/BAL/24","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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation explicitly states that each directive is being remade 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is purely an administrative reissuance with identical scope to the original directives."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 400 words)","Only 1 defined term used ('Airworthiness Directives' implicitly understood)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Simple two-step structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","Tabular schedule is purely descriptive, not operative","Note clarifies no substantive change, reducing interpretive burden"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA instrument revokes and immediately re‑issues 24 existing Airworthiness Directives for hot‑air balloons, recreating each directive exactly as previously published. It’s a legal/administrative reorganisation rather than a safety change: balloon manufacturers, operators and maintenance organisations in Australia must continue to comply, but the substantive requirements remain unchanged."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope is unchanged. The instrument expressly revokes and re‑makes the listed ADs in identical form (per the instrument's Note), so existing safety obligations and affected parties remain the same; the measure is procedural rather than substantive."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative action only: revocation and re‑making of existing Airworthiness Directives rather than substantive regulatory change.","Number of instruments involved: 24 separate Hot Air Balloon ADs listed in Schedule 1, increasing document count to track.","Identical reproduction: Note states each AD is re‑made in exactly the same form as the latest published edition, limiting substantive legal change.","Legal basis: action taken under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (delegated power).","Who decides: exercise of discretion by a CASA delegate (named in instrument) rather than broader legislative amendment.","Compliance burden: no new technical obligations imposed, but administrative effort required by operators to record and cite separate instruments."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument withdraws a list of hot‑air‑balloon Airworthiness Directives and reissues each one as a separate, standalone instrument in the same form as the latest published editions. It affects hot‑air‑balloon operators, owners and maintenance organisations, who must continue to follow the same safety directives; the change is procedural, preserving existing obligations while converting them into separate legal instruments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-hot-air-balloons/documents"}}