{"id":"F2006B07964","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Piper PA-44 (Seminole) Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":115008,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07964-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Piper PA-44 (Seminole) 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-44 (Seminole) Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nHose Assembly - Inspection and Replacement AD/PA-44/1\n\nFuel Line - Inspection and Modification AD/PA-44/2\n\nCANCELLED AD/PA-44/3\n\nThrottle Cable Installation - Modification AD/PA-44/4\n\nEngine Priming System - Modification AD/PA-44/5\n\nAileron Push Rod Functional Check AD/PA-44/6 Amdt 1\n\nNose Cone Spar - Inspection and Modification AD/PA-44/7\n\nAileron Spar Web - Modification AD/PA-44/8\n\nAileron Balance Weight Attachment Inspection and Modification AD/PA-44/9\n\nEngine Mount Frame Cracking AD/PA-44/10 Amdt 1\n\nAmmeter Installation AD/PA-44/11 Amdt 1\n\nEngine Mount Frame AD/PA-44/12\n\nMain Landing Gear - Trunnion Housing AD/PA-44/13\n\nNose Gear Drag Link AD/PA-44/14\n\nWing and Carry-Through Structure AD/PA-44/15\n\nAilerons AD/PA-44/16\n\nFlap Handle Attach Bolt AD/PA-44/17\n\nCombustion Heater Fuel Pumps AD/PA-44/18\n\nControl Wheel Attachment AD/PA-44/19","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope not changed. The instrument expressly revokes the listed ADs and re‑makes each \"in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive,\" preserving existing obligations (see note and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument performs a procedural revocation and re‑making only (text: \"revoke ... and make ...\"), so substantive change is nil.","Multiple ADs listed in Schedule 1 require separate instruments to be issued (administrative multiplicity).","Substantive compliance requirements reside in the attached ADs rather than the revocation instrument (note: \"Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the same form\").","Decision maker identified as a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority acting under subregulation 39.001(1) (limits scope of authorising power).","Potential administrative burden for record‑keeping and re‑issuing separate AD documents, despite unchanged technical content."],"plain_english_summary":"**This instrument revokes a listed set of Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for Piper PA‑44 (Seminole) aeroplanes and re‑issues each as a separate, identical instrument.** It is made by a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (subreg 39.001(1)).\n\nIt affects owners and operators of PA‑44 aircraft, who must continue to carry out the inspections, replacements or modifications required by each AD. The change is procedural: compliance duties are preserved while each AD is reproduced as its own legal instrument."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains identical scope to the original Airworthiness Directives. The explicit note that each AD is \"re-made in exactly the same form\" confirms there is no expansion or alteration of regulatory scope. This is purely a re-authorisation exercise."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 500 words)","No defined terms section — relies on external aviation terminology understood by the target audience","Simple binary structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake","Single cross-reference to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, subregulation 39.001(1) — standard enabling power","Schedule 1 is a straightforward table with no conditional logic","No exceptions, nested provisions, or operative provisions beyond the revocation/remaking mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes and immediately remakes 18 Airworthiness Directives for Piper PA‑44 Seminole aircraft, affecting owners, operators, maintenance organisations and flying schools that use these trainers.  \n\nCASA is simply reissuing the same safety requirements under subregulation 39.001(1) to keep them legally enforceable — no practical change to obligations. One previously cancelled directive (AD/PA‑44/3) is formally revoked here."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-piper-pa-44-seminole-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}