{"id":"F2006B07951","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Piper PA-20 (Pacer) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-20-pacer-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":51030,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07951-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 - Piper PA-20 (Pacer) 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\nPiper PA-20 (Pacer) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nBattery Terminal Insulation AD/PA-20/1\n\nCANCELLED AD/PA-20/2\n\nWing Lift Strut Forks AD/PA-20/3 Amdt 6\n\nCANCELLED AD/PA-20/4\n\nCigar Lighter Circuit - Provision of Fuse AD/PA-20/5\n\nSensenich M76AM-2 Propellers - Replacement Model M75DM - CANCELLED AD/PA-20/6\n\nFuselage Fabric in Area of Wind Shield Top Attachment Channel - Modification AD/PA-20/7 Amdt 1\n\nTail Brace Streamline Tie Rods - Inspection AD/PA-20/8\n\nExhaust System - Inspection AD/PA-20/9\n\nFront Seat Restraint Installations - Modifications AD/PA-20/10\n\nFlexible Fuel Hose Assembly - Inspection AD/PA-20/11\n\nFuselage Structure, Upper Cabin - Inspection AD/PA-20/12\n\nWing Fuel Tank Cap - Modification AD/PA-20/13\n\nFire Hazard Prevention - Inspection and Rework AD/PA-20/14\n\nFuel Primer and Hydraulic Lines - Re-Routing AD/PA-20/15 Amdt 1\n\nFuselage Door Frame Tube Corrosion AD/PA-20/16 Amdt 1\n\nWing Lift Struts AD/PA-20/17 Amdt 7","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains identical scope to the original Airworthiness Directives. The note explicitly states each directive is being re-made 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is purely a technical reissuance exercise with no expansion of regulatory reach."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — approximately 250 words excluding schedules","Only 1 defined term implicitly used (the delegate's authority under subregulation 39.001(1))","No nested conditional logic or cross-references to other legislation beyond the single regulation citation","Simple binary structure: revoke list in Schedule 1, then re-make attached instruments","Tabular schedule format makes content easily scannable","No exceptions, exemptions, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument tidies up safety rules for Piper PA‑20 Pacer aircraft by revoking and immediately re‑making 17 Airworthiness Directives: 15 are reissued unchanged and 2 are cancelled. It affects PA‑20 owners, operators, and maintenance engineers. The change preserves mandatory safety measures while placing each directive on its own legal footing and removing two obsolete requirements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or technical content of the Airworthiness Directives. It revokes earlier instruments and re-issues each AD in the same form (Schedule 1; note states re-made \"in exactly the same form\"), so obligations on Piper PA‑20 owners/operators remain unchanged; the change is administrative."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative action only: revocation and remaking of existing ADs without substantive amendment (note stating “exactly the same form”).","Legal authority invoked: subregulation 39.001(1) gives the delegate power to revoke/make ADs.","Multiple directives listed in Schedule 1 (several AD numbers and amendment histories) increasing record-keeping and reference complexity for operators.","Dependence on attached/re-published AD texts and the “latest published edition” — requires users to cross-check versions.","No new technical requirements introduced, so operational complexity is limited but compliance obligations persist unchanged."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1), revokes a set of existing Airworthiness Directives for Piper PA‑20 (Pacer) aeroplanes and remakes each listed directive as a separate instrument in the same form (see Schedule 1). It preserves the existing safety requirements but changes how the directives are issued administratively. Owners, operators and maintenance organisations of Piper PA‑20 aircraft remain legally required to comply; the CASA delegate decides the change and compliance costs fall to aircraft operators."},"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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