{"id":"F2006B07940","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Partenavia P68 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-partenavia-p68-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":51005,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07940-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 - Partenavia P68 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\nPartenavia P68 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nCANCELLED AD/P68/1\n\nPre-Certification Requirements AD/P68/2 Amdt 2\n\nEngine Mount - Inspection AD/P68/3 Amdt 1\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Pump Drains - Inspection AD/P68/4\n\nCircuit Breaker Installation - Inspection AD/P68/5\n\nRudder Trim Tab Control Rod P/N 68-506053 - Inspection AD/P68/6\n\nIgnition Switch Guard - Modification AD/P68/7\n\nFuel Filter Bowl - Replacement AD/P68/8\n\nSuperseded by AD/P68/17 - CANCELLED AD/P68/9\n\nStabilator Balance Weight Attachment - Inspection and Modification AD/P68/10 Amdt 1\n\nRudder Control Pulleys at Fuselage Frame No. 3 - Inspection AD/P68/11 Amdt 1\n\nPropeller Control Rod End - Inspection and Replacement AD/P68/12\n\nLongitudinal Trim Indicator - Check and Modification AD/P68/13 Amdt 2\n\nFuel Pump Cooling Shroud - Modification AD/P68/14\n\nFin, Rudder Upper Hinge Attachment Area - Modification AD/P68/15\n\nEngine and Engine Mount Attach Bolts AD/P68/16 Amdt 1\n\nFlap Actuator Switch - Inspection and Replacement AD/P68/17 Amdt 1\n\nOil Cooler Elbow Fitting - Replacement AD/P68/18\n\nControl Wheel Shaft Universal Joint AD/P68/19 Amdt 2\n\nFlap Bellcrank Attachment Mounting Brackets - Inspection and Modification AD/P68/20 Amdt 1\n\nHorizontal Stabilator to Fuselage Frame Attachment - Check Torque AD/P68/21\n\nWing Lower Front and Rear Spar Assemblies AD/P68/22 Amdt 4\n\nAileron Control Cables - CANCELLED AD/P68/23 Amdt 2\n\nFuel and Janitrol Lines AD/P68/24 Amdt 3\n\nAileron Control Chain Connector - Inspection and Modification AD/P68/25\n\nStabilator Travel Stop - Modification AD/P68/26\n\nFibre Glass Leading Edges AD/P68/27\n\nEngine Mount Fittings AD/P68/28 Amdt 3\n\nElevator Trim Tab AD/P68/29 Amdt 1\n\n  \nRudder Cables - CANCELLED AD/P68/30 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Line Fire Sleeving - CANCELLED AD/P68/31\n\nLongitudinal Trim System AD/P68/32\n\nEngine and Propeller Control Cables AD/P68/33 Amdt 1\n\nEngine Mount AD/P68/34\n\nLH and RH Muffler Assemblies AD/P68/35\n\nHorizontal Tailplane AD/P68/36\n\nFrame No. 1 AD/P68/37\n\nStabiliser Drive Horn AD/P68/38 Amdt 2\n\nFuel Selector Valve AD/P68/39\n\nStabilator Torque Tube Attachment Shelves, Flap and Aileron Hinge Shelves AD/P68/40\n\nIFR Instrument Panel Configuration AD/P68/41 Amdt 1\n\nWing Upper Skin Stringers AD/P68/42\n\nWing and Airframe - Fatigue Life Limit AD/P68/43 Amdt 4\n\nFlight Control Cables AD/P68/44\n\nWing Spar Inspection AD/P68/45\n\nEngine Cowl AD/P68/46\n\nAircraft Flight Manual, Flight into Icing Conditions AD/P68/47\n\nNose Landing Gear Cracking AD/P68/48\n\nLanding Gear Attach Bolts AD/P68/49\n\nFlight Control AD/P68/50\n\nFlight Controls AD/P68/51\n\nFuel Selector Control AD/P68/52","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument explicitly states it is re-making the ADs 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is purely administrative maintenance of existing regulatory requirements, not an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear purpose: revocation and remaking of existing instruments","No defined terms section - relies on external aviation terminology","Simple two-part structure: (a) revocation, (b) remaking","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table listing 52 ADs with minimal detail","No nested conditional logic or exceptions within the instrument itself","Heavy reliance on attached documents (the actual ADs) which are not reproduced in full","References to external regulations (Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998) but no complex cross-referencing within the instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"CASA has revoked and reissued 52 Airworthiness Directives for the Italian Partenavia P68 series, replacing the 2004 instruments with new, legally valid versions that carry identical content. \n\nThis housekeeping action preserves binding safety requirements—inspections, repairs and operational limits—affecting P68 owners, operators and maintenance engineers, and ensures the aircraft remain legally airworthy under current regulatory procedures."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is administrative: it revokes listed ADs and re-issues them in the same substantive form. It does not expand the technical obligations on operators or add new regulatory requirements. The scope of regulatory obligations for Partenavia P68 operators is therefore not changed by this instrument; the change is in legal form (separate standalone AD instruments) rather than substance. The Schedule’s cancellation notes require attention but do not indicate a broadening of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause with two actions (revoke and remake) under one statutory power (subreg 39.001(1)).","Schedule 1 contains a long enumerated list (~52 AD entries) with mixed status notes (e.g. “CANCELLED”, “Superseded by AD/P68/17”).","Cross-reference to the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (subreg 39.001(1)).","Dependence on separately attached AD documents (the substantive requirements are in those attachments, not in this instrument).","Use of amendment/version annotations (e.g. “Amdt 1”, “Amdt 4”) which requires checking historical versions for provenance."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- The delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) revokes a list of existing Airworthiness Directives (ADs) that relate to the Partenavia P68 series aeroplanes, and at the same time re-makes each of those ADs as separate instruments. (See the operative clause and Schedule 1.)\n- The instrument is issued under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (the delegate’s power to make ADs). The instrument states that each attached AD is being re-made “in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive.”\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Owners, operators and maintenance organisations for Partenavia P68 series aeroplanes: they must continue to comply with the listed ADs as separate instruments and ensure maintenance records and manuals reference the re-made ADs.\n- CASA and its delegate: they administer and enforce the new AD instruments.\n- Maintenance suppliers and engineers: they must follow the re-issued AD requirements when performing inspections, modifications or parts replacements.\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose and mechanical effect)**\n\n- The stated purpose is administrative: to revoke the previous aggregate/earlier AD instruments listed in Schedule 1 and to re-issue each AD as a separate, standalone instrument in the same substantive form. The instrument explicitly says the re-made ADs are identical to the latest published editions.\n\n**Practical consequences and implementation effects**\n\n- No substantive change to technical obligations: because the ADs are re-made “in exactly the same form,” the underlying inspection, modification or replacement requirements remain the same (so the safety duties on operators and maintainers continue unchanged).\n- Administrative and compliance cost: affected operators and maintenance organisations must confirm references in maintenance schedules, manuals and logbooks now point to the newly re-made AD documents and possibly update document control records. CASA will bear administrative costs of issuing and publishing separate AD instruments.\n- Transitional risk: there is a modest risk of confusion during the transition (for example, which AD number to cite, or whether a particular AD was cancelled or reissued). The Schedule includes a handful of ADs marked as “CANCELLED” or “Superseded”, which requires attention when checking an aircraft’s compliance history.\n- Enforcement and clarity: issuing each AD as a separate instrument can make compliance checks and enforcement clearer because each requirement stands alone as a legal instrument rather than being bundled.\n\n**Who pays and who decides**\n\n- Who pays: primarily aircraft owners/operators and maintenance providers pay in time and administrative effort to update records and ensure compliance with the re-issued AD instruments. CASA pays the administrative cost of re-issuing and publishing the separate ADs.\n- Who decides: CASA’s delegate used the statutory power in subregulation 39.001(1) (cited in the instrument) to revoke and re-make the ADs.\n\n**Trade-offs, incentives and implementation risks**\n\n- Trade-off: clarity and legal neatness (separate instruments) versus short-term administrative burden for operators to align records and references.\n- Incentives: the measure gives CASA clearer, individually enforceable AD instruments—this may lower ambiguity about particular obligations. There is no change in the technical obligations that would create new incentives for different maintenance choices.\n- Opportunity costs: time spent by operators and maintainers updating paperwork could be diverted from other compliance or operational tasks.\n- Capture, rent-seeking and substitution effects: the instrument is administrative in form and does not create new compliance privileges or exemptions; it does not on its face create concentrated regulatory advantages for particular firms.\n\n**Key textual pointers**\n\n- Delegation and power: the instrument is made under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (as recorded in the preamble).\n- Listing: Schedule 1 enumerates the ADs for the Partenavia P68 series that are revoked and re-made (it also flags some ADs as CANCELLED or superseded). The instrument’s note states each attached AD is identical to the latest published edition.\n\n(References: operative clause and Schedule 1 of the instrument.)"},"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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