{"id":"F2006B07920","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Maule M-5 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50960,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07920-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 - Maule M-5 Series Aeroplanes","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\nMaule M-5 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nFuel Lines - Inspection AD/ML-M5/1\n\nControl Column Chain and Engine Controls - Inspection AD/ML-M5/2\n\nHorizontal Tail to Fuselage Front Attach Tubes - Inspection and Modification AD/ML-M5/3\n\nType Certificate Compliance - Modification AD/ML-M5/4\n\nRudder Bar - Inspection and Modification AD/ML-M5/5 Amdt 1\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Tank Venting - Inspection, Testing and Modification AD/ML-M5/6\n\nFuel Crossover Supply Line AD/ML-M5/7\n\nWing Lift Strut Forks - CANCELLED AD/ML-M5/8\n\nRetirement Life of Fatigue Critical Components - CANCELLED AD/ML-M5/9 Amdt 1\n\nWing Lift Struts AD/ML-M5/10 Amdt 1\n\nNicopress Sleeves on Control Cables AD/ML-M5/11","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope. The note explicitly states each directive is being re-made 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition,' confirming this is a procedural renewal without expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument (just over 1 page)","Only 1 defined term implicitly used ('Airworthiness Directive')","Simple binary structure: revocation + remaking","No nested conditional logic or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, subregulation 39.001(1))","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table listing 11 items","No exceptions, exemptions, or transitional provisions","Administrative remaking rather than substantive amendment"],"plain_english_summary":"CASA is revoking and immediately re‑making 11 Airworthiness Directives for Maule M‑5 series aeroplanes, renewing the legal instruments without changing their content. This is an administrative refresh to ensure the ADs remain valid under current regulations.\n\nOwners, operators, maintenance engineers, and organisations using M‑5s are affected; two previously cancelled ADs (AD/ML‑M5/8 and AD/ML‑M5/9) remain cancelled."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope not changed: the instrument simply revokes the listed ADs and reissues each in the same form as the latest published editions (Schedule 1 and accompanying note). Two items are marked CANCELLED in the Schedule, but the substantive requirements of the reissued ADs are unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural administrative action: revocation and re‑making of existing ADs rather than substantive rule changes","Multiple directives listed (some with amendments, some cancelled) increasing catalogue complexity","Legal authority and delegation: exercise of power under subregulation 39.001(1)","Operational compliance burden rests on owners/operators/maintenance organisations (inspection/modification/retirement costs)","Record‑keeping and publication requirement to match the latest published editions exactly","Potential for confusion because some ADs are marked CANCELLED while others are reissued identically"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1), revokes a set of Airworthiness Directives for Maule M‑5 series aeroplanes and reissues each as a separate instrument in the same form as the latest published editions. It affects owners, operators and maintenance organisations of Maule M‑5 aircraft, who must continue to comply with the reissued ADs and meet any inspection, modification or retirement actions; those parties bear the compliance costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-maule-m-5-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}