{"id":"F2006B07944","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Piel Emeraude Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":51014,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07944-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 - Piel Emeraude 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 Piel Emeraude Series Aeroplanes\n\n AD Name AD Number\n\n Anti Spin Strakes - Installation AD/EMERAUDE/1\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 2004 framework. It is purely procedural — revoking and remaking an existing directive without altering its content, coverage, or applicability. The scope remains limited to anti-spin strake installation requirements for Piel Emeraude series aircraft only."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (under 300 words)","Only 1 defined term implicitly referenced (the AD itself)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling regulation (subregulation 39.001(1))","No conditional logic or exceptions — straightforward revocation and remaking","Single subject matter (one aircraft type, one specific modification)","Administrative in nature 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) an existing Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Piel Emeraude series aeroplanes\n- **Remakes** that same directive as a fresh, standalone legal instrument\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of Piel Emeraude series aircraft (a type of light, French-designed recreational aeroplane)\n- Maintenance engineers who work on these aircraft\n\n**Why it matters:**\nAirworthiness Directives are legally binding safety orders. They require specific inspections, modifications, or maintenance actions to address unsafe conditions in aircraft. This particular directive concerns **anti-spin strakes** — small aerodynamic devices installed on the tail to improve spin recovery characteristics and prevent dangerous stall-spin accidents.\n\n**The practical effect:**\nNothing changes for aircraft owners. The directive is being \"remade in exactly the same form\" — meaning the safety requirement itself stays identical. CASA is simply refreshing the legal instrument to ensure it remains valid and properly authorised under current regulations. This is routine administrative housekeeping to maintain the enforceability of safety standards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the substantive scope or technical requirements of the Airworthiness Directive listed. It revokes the existing AD(s) listed in Schedule 1 and re-makes each as a separate instrument in exactly the same form as the latest published edition (see opening paragraph and Note). The named AD remains “Anti Spin Strakes - Installation” for Piel Emeraude series aeroplanes (Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Legal authority invocation: action taken under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (opening paragraph).","Administrative operation: instrument revokes listed AD(s) and re-makes them as separate instruments (opening paragraph; Schedule 1).","Reference to attachments: substantive technical requirements are in attached AD(s) and the latest published editions (Note), so the instrument’s body is short while content is external.","Technical specificity absent from the main text: the instrument names a technical requirement (Anti Spin Strakes - Installation) but does not set out installation steps in the body (Schedule 1).","Stakeholder impact concentrated: affects owners/operators and maintenance providers of a specific aircraft type (Schedule 1), producing potentially concentrated compliance activity.","Low discretionary change: Note states re-made ADs are identical to latest published versions, reducing substantive regulatory change but requiring administrative accuracy (Note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, signed by a CASA delegate, revokes and re‑issues listed Airworthiness Directives — notably AD/EMERAUDE/1 requiring installation of anti‑spin strakes on Piel Emeraude aeroplanes — by reproducing each AD in the same form as the latest published edition. It’s an administrative replacement: the substantive technical requirements are unchanged, but owners, operators and maintenance organisations remain responsible for carrying out and funding any required work to comply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piel-emeraude-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}