{"id":"F2006B07966","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Pitts S-1 and S-2 Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":115012,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07966-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 - Pitts S-1 and S-2 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\nPitts S-1 and S-2 Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser - Modification AD/PITTS S-2/1\n\nAileron Inter-Connect Tube - Modification AD/PITTS S-2/2\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Bracing Attachment - Modification AD/PITTS S-2/3\n\nHorizontal Stabiliser Leading Edge Support Tube - Inspection and Modification AD/PITTS S-2/4\n\nInduction Air Box Door - Inspection and Modification AD/PITTS S-2/5\n\nUpper Wing Front Spar to Cabane Fitting - Inspection AD/PITTS S-2/6 Amdt 1\n\nControl Tube Assembly - Inspection and Modification AD/PITTS S-2/7\n\nStreamline Tubing - Inspection AD/PITTS S-2/8\n\nRudder Cable - Inspection AD/PITTS S-2/9\n\nRudder Control Cable Sleeves - Inspection AD/PITTS S-2/10\n\nAileron Spar - Inspection and Modification AD/PITTS S-2/11 Amdt 1\n\nFront Horizontal Stabiliser Support Tube - Modification AD/PITTS S-2/12\n\nFuselage Mounted Main Fuel Tank Filler Cap - Modification AD/PITTS S-2/13\n\nFuselage Lower Longerons AD/PITTS S-2/14\n\nControl Stick AD/PITTS S-2/15 Amdt 1\n\nUpper Fuselage Longerons AD/PITTS S-2/16 Amdt 2\n\nRear Lower Fuselage Wing Fittings AD/PITTS S-2/17 Amdt 2","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The scope remains identical to the original 2004 instrument. This is a pure remaking exercise with no expansion of subject matter, aircraft types, or safety requirements. The note explicitly states each AD is being re-made 'in exactly the same form' as previously published."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (under 500 words)","Only 1 defined term used ('Airworthiness Directives' in context)","Simple binary structure: revoke (a) and remake (b)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Heavy reliance on external documents — the actual technical requirements are in 17 separate attached ADs not reproduced here","Single cross-reference to Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (subregulation 39.001(1)) — the empowering provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes 17 existing Airworthiness Directives for Pitts S‑1 and S‑2 aeroplanes and remakes them as 17 separate legal instruments with their content unchanged. \n\nIt’s a CASA housekeeping move to repackage binding safety rules (affecting owners, operators, maintenance engineers and pilots) so each AD is standalone and easier to find, update and enforce — the safety requirements themselves remain the same."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument expressly remakes each listed AD “in exactly the same form” as the latest published editions, so it does not change substantive scope or technical obligations for Pitts S‑1 and S‑2 aircraft. The action is procedural: refresh the legal instruments without altering requirements."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative action: revocation and re-issue of multiple ADs rather than introducing new technical requirements","Number of instruments affected (17 separate ADs) increases coordination and notice needs","Technical subject matter of ADs (inspections, modifications) requires specialist compliance by maintenance personnel","References to amended ADs (Amdt 1, Amdt 2) create a small trail of versioning to track","Delegated decision-making under Civil Aviation Safety Regulations subreg 39.001(1) — formal legal authority is concentrated in a delegate","Compliance burden falls on aircraft owners/operators to ensure documentation and work conform to the remade ADs","Potential administrative costs for operators to map old AD references to the newly issued separate instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"Revokes and remakes 17 Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for Pitts S‑1 and S‑2 aeroplanes, issuing each as a separate instrument in the same form as the latest published editions. Owners, operators and maintenance organisations must follow the remade ADs as the current legal requirements; the instrument expressly preserves existing inspection, modification and compliance obligations while updating the legal form of those ADs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-pitts-s-1-and-s-2-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}