{"id":"F2006B08017","name":"Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - SAAB Safir Series Aeroplanes","slug":"airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":115082,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B08017-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 - SAAB Safir 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\nSAAB Safir Series Aeroplanes\n\nAD Name AD Number\n\nRetirement Life - Critical Components AD/SAAB/1 Amdt 1\n\nFuel Pump Actuating System AD/SAAB/2\n\nMain Spar Carry Through (U Profile) Corrosion AD/SAAB/3 Amdt 1\n\nMain Landing Gear Operation AD/SAAB/4\n\nFlight Control System Bellcranks AD/SAAB/5\n\nElevator Spar AD/SAAB/6","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs a purely administrative function — revoking and remaking existing Airworthiness Directives in identical form. The scope remains exactly as originally intended: maintaining the six specified safety requirements for SAAB Safir aircraft. There is no expansion of regulatory reach or substantive change to the safety obligations imposed."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 200 words)","Only one operative provision with two simple sub-paragraphs (revoke and make)","No defined terms section — relies on external understanding of 'Airworthiness Directive' and 'SAAB Safir Series Aeroplanes'","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Simple tabular schedule listing only 6 items with two columns (AD Name and AD Number)","Cross-references limited to: (1) subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (the enabling power), and (2) Schedule 1 (the list of ADs)","Note clarifies that attached ADs are unchanged from their latest published form, removing ambiguity about content changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is an official order from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) that **revokes and reissues six specific safety rules** for SAAB Safir series aeroplanes.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) six existing Airworthiness Directives (ADs) — these are mandatory safety instructions that aircraft owners must follow to keep their planes airworthy (safe to fly).\n- **Re-makes** those same six ADs as new, separate legal instruments, keeping them exactly as they were before.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nAirworthiness Directives are legally binding safety requirements. When CASA needs to update the legal status of these directives — for example, to ensure they remain valid under current regulations — they sometimes revoke and remake them. This \"revoke and remake\" process ensures the safety rules stay in force without changing their actual content.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Owners and operators of SAAB Safir series aircraft\n- Maintenance organisations that service these aircraft\n- Pilots flying these aircraft\n\n**The six safety rules cover:**\n- **AD/SAAB/1 Amdt 1**: Retirement life limits for critical components (parts that must be replaced after a certain number of flight hours or cycles)\n- **AD/SAAB/2**: Fuel pump actuating system (the mechanism that controls fuel flow)\n- **AD/SAAB/3 Amdt 1**: Corrosion protection for the main spar carry-through structure (a key structural component that bears wing loads)\n- **AD/SAAB/4**: Main landing gear operation\n- **AD/SAAB/5**: Flight control system bellcranks (levers that transfer pilot control inputs to the control surfaces)\n- **AD/SAAB/6**: Elevator spar (structural component of the tail control surface)\n\n**Bottom line:** If you own or operate a SAAB Safir aircraft, you must continue following these six safety rules. Nothing has changed in terms of what you need to do — CASA has just refreshed the legal paperwork."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope or requirements of the listed Airworthiness Directives. It revokes the prior instruments and re‑issues each AD in exactly the same form as the latest published edition, so the substantive obligations remain the same. The change is limited to legal/administrative form (separate instruments), not to substantive regulatory scope (see paragraph (b), Schedule 1, and the Note)."},"complexity_factors":["Legal authority reference (subregulation 39.001(1)) requiring knowledge of the enabling regulation.","Administrative action affects multiple ADs (six listed in Schedule 1) rather than a single instrument — modest multiplicity.","Potential procedural implications for citation, publication and record‑keeping when ADs are reissued as separate instruments.","Technical content of the ADs is not reproduced here, so assessing operational impact requires consulting the attached/re‑made ADs.","Clear statement that text is unchanged reduces substantive legal complexity but requires cross‑referencing to the latest published editions for operational detail."],"plain_english_summary":"A CASA delegate (David Alan Villiers), exercising subregulation 39.001(1), revokes six Airworthiness Directives for SAAB Safir aeroplanes and re‑issues each as a separate legislative instrument, verbatim from the latest published editions. This is an administrative re‑issuance only: substantive obligations are unchanged, but citation, publication and record‑keeping will alter."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes","history":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes/history","analysis":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/airworthiness-directives-2004-revocation-and-remaking-saab-safir-series-aeroplanes/documents"}}