{"id":"F2006B08003","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Robinson R44 Series Helicopters","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":115060,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B08003-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 - Robinson R44 Series Helicopters","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\nRobinson R44 Series Helicopters\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nCooling Fan AD/R44/1\n\nCyclic Control System AD/R44/2\n\nPush-Pull Guide Tubes AD/R44/3\n\nPlacard to Prohibit Pushovers AD/R44/4\n\nLow RPM Warning Unit AD/R44/5 Amdt 1\n\nMain Rotor Gearbox AD/R44/6\n\nClutch Assembly AD/R44/7\n\nLateral Cyclic Trim Spring Shaft AD/R44/8\n\nOil Line Elbows AD/R44/9\n\nMain Rotor Blade AD/R44/10 Amdt 1\n\nCyclic Control Pilots Grip Assembly AD/R44/11 Amdt 1\n\nAuxiliary Fuel Tank Sump Drain - Shut Off Clamp AD/R44/12\n\nRotor Drive Yoke AD/R44/13\n\nWire Harness and Fuel Line Chafing AD/R44/14\n\nSprag Clutch AD/R44/15\n\nVertical-to-Horizontal Stabiliser Attach Channel AD/R44/16\n\nTail Rotor Pitch Control Assembly AD/R44/17\n\nMain Rotor Blades AD/R44/18\n\nMain Rotor Clutch Drive Shafts AD/R44/19\n\nMain Rotor Swashplate and Tail Rotor Bolts AD/R44/20","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":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No substantive change of scope. The instrument expressly revokes and re-issues each listed AD in exactly the same form as the latest published edition, so obligations and applicability remain as previously published."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural action: revocation and re-making of existing ADs rather than substantive amendment.","Multiplicity: 20 separate ADs are affected, increasing administrative scope and record-keeping.","Delegated authority: instrument issued by a CASA delegate under subregulation 39.001(1), relying on delegation mechanics.","Hidden technical detail: substantive safety/maintenance requirements are contained in the attached ADs (not reproduced here), concentrating technical complexity outside this instrument.","Compliance burden on private parties: operators and maintenance organisations must monitor and implement the re-made directives."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes and re-issues, as separate instruments, a set of Airworthiness Directives for Robinson R44 helicopters, transferring each listed AD into a freshly made identical directive. It applies to owners, operators and maintenance organisations who must follow the re-made directives; the CASA delegate (David Villiers) acted under subregulation 39.001(1). Compliance imposes monitoring and maintenance costs on aircraft operators and creates administrative action by the regulator."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as the original directives. The note explicitly states each directive is being remade 'in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition.' This is purely a procedural remaking to ensure legal continuity under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, not an expansion of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument (under 1 page of substantive content)","No defined terms section—relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive' and aircraft terminology","Simple binary structure: (a) revoke, (b) remake","Cross-references limited to Schedule 1 table and subregulation 39.001(1) of Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998","No conditional logic or nested exceptions—straightforward administrative action","Tabular schedule lists 20 items but contains no operative legal text"],"plain_english_summary":"This CASA instrument revokes and reissues 20 Airworthiness Directives for Robinson R44 helicopters, effectively remaking them as new legal instruments without changing their safety requirements. It affects R44 owners/operators, maintenance engineers and organisations, and anyone responsible for airworthiness. The directives address critical systems—rotors, flight controls, cooling, fuel, structure and warnings—and this action ensures those mandatory safety notices remain legally enforceable under current rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-robinson-r44-series-helicopters/documents"}}