Airworthiness Directives 2004 - Revocation and Remaking - Fokker F28 Series Aeroplanes

The instrument relies on and exercises the delegated statutory power stated in subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. While the instrument does not define "Airworthiness Directive" within its short text, the Schedule shows the universe of ADs being acted on: each entry is an AD name paired with an AD number specific to Fokker F28 Series Aeroplanes (for example, "Service/Emergency Door - Modification AD/F28/1", "Rudder Support Bracket Bearing - Inspection and Modification AD/F28/2", and so on). The Schedule also records administrative status flags for some entries, such as "CANCELLED" or amendment markers such as "Amdt 1", "Amdt 2", or letter designators appended to the AD numbers (for example AD/F28/12 H).

Two procedural acts are central. First, revocation: the instrument revokes the ADs "mentioned in Schedule 1." Revocation removes the prior instrument(s) that gave effect to those ADs in whatever form they previously stood. Second, remaking: each AD listed is immediately remade "as separate instruments" and attached to the present instrument, with the Note specifying that each attached AD is "being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive." Thus the remaking is framed as administrative reissuance, not substantive amendment.

The Schedule is the principal index to the substantive coverage. It lists many ADs by title and number and includes indications that some matters have been cancelled (for example AD/F28/4, AD/F28/7, AD/F28/10, and others are explicitly flagged "CANCELLED"), and that others have amendment histories (for example AD/F28/12 H, AD/F28/13 G, AD/F28/28 Amdt 2, AD/F28/45 Amdt 5). The titles in the Schedule reveal the subject matter that the ADs address: inspections, modifications, replacements, and particular components or systems such as landing gear, fuel and hydraulic valves, flap actuators, structural bolt connections, corrosion prevention programmes, and ageing aircraft modifications. Those titles indicate the kinds of safety interventions each AD covers, and that the set collectively addresses airworthiness and structural integrity issues specific to Fokker F28 series aeroplanes.

The instrument is administrative in form. It does not itself restate any compliance actions, nor does it purport to alter the substantive content of ADs; the Note expressly disclaims change in substance by saying the attached ADs are "in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition." The Schedule functions as the operative list of which ADs are revoked and remade, and it also signals which of those ADs are cancelled or amended.

The instrument is limited in topical scope to Airworthiness Directives for Fokker F28 Series Aeroplanes, as shown by the Schedule header "Fokker F28 Series Aeroplanes" and the AD numbers prefixed "AD/F28/...". Parties directly affected by the instrument are therefore those to whom the listed ADs apply in the ordinary course: owners, operators, maintenance organisations, and maintenance personnel responsible for ensuring an affected aircraft complies with any AD in force for that aircraft. The Schedule titles indicate the ADs address aircraft systems and structures such as doors, rudder support brackets, landing gear, fuel and hydraulic valves, flaps, electrical cables, fuselage lap joints, corrosion programs, and more; these are the components and systems whose operators and maintainers must look at the remade ADs to determine applicable actions.

Who decides: the instrument is signed by a delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, exercising the power granted by subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. The instrument therefore reflects an administrative decision by CASA through an authorised delegate to revoke and remake the listed ADs. The instrument itself does not set out any appeal or review mechanisms; any such process would be determined by the underlying regulatory scheme, which is invoked as the source of authority.

Who pays: the instrument does not allocate costs. However, the Schedule shows ADs whose titles reference inspections, modifications, replacements and other maintenance tasks. If the remade ADs (as attached) contain mandatory requirements, the economic cost of complying with those requirements will fall on the parties required by the ADs to carry out the inspections or modifications, typically aircraft owners, operators or their contracted maintenance organisations. The instrument’s Note that the remade ADs are in the same form as the latest published edition suggests no new obligations are being created here; rather the obligation stream as published remains in place under separate instruments. Where an entry is flagged "CANCELLED" in the Schedule, the cancellation may relieve affected parties of previously extant obligations; conversely, entries with amendment annotations indicate that particular ADs have prior amendment histories that may affect compliance timing and scope.

Other affected parties include record-keepers and legal/compliance teams who must update references and documentation. The instrument’s procedural change,revoking the listed ADs and remaking each as a separate instrument,affects how ADs are cited, tracked, and stored in maintenance records and regulatory filings. That administrative effect requires operators and maintenance organisations to check the attachments and the latest published editions for exact citation and verification.

This instrument performs a revocation and remaking exercise; it does not itself contain detailed operational duties or rights. The duties and rights implicated are those contained in the ADs that are remade and attached. The instrument plainly states two operative duties on the delegate: to revoke the ADs mentioned in Schedule 1 and to make, as separate instruments, each AD mentioned in Schedule 1 and attached. Those duties are administrative, exercised under the authority of subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

For persons and entities subject to the ADs, the instrument’s Note is the key textual pointer to substantive obligations: "Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive." That sentence ties substantive duties and rights to the content of the attached ADs and to the "latest published edition." Practically, where an attached AD requires inspection, modification, replacement, or other corrective or preventive measures, the duty to carry out those actions will follow from the attached AD text. The instrument itself does not rephrase or recast those operative requirements; it transfers the existing requirements into newly made separate instruments.

Rights that flow from the instrument are primarily documental and procedural. Entities have the right, under the instrument’s structure, to inspect the attached ADs and compare them with the latest published editions. The instrument’s format supports transparency of what has been revoked and reissued because Schedule 1 enumerates the affected ADs by name and AD number and annotates certain items as "CANCELLED" or with amendment indications. The instrument does not, however, set out any direct appeal, waiver or enforcement discretion in its text; those mechanisms, if any, lie in the broader regulatory regime under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

Because the remade ADs are stated to be "exactly the same" as the latest published editions, the rights of affected parties to rely on the content of the latest published editions for compliance and recordkeeping are preserved. The instrument itself, being an administrative reissue, may change how ADs are cited (now as separate attached instruments), which carries a duty to update internal references, logbooks and compliance trackers to the new instrument identifiers where relevant.

This instrument does not specify penalties or enforcement procedures. Its language confines itself to revocation and remaking of ADs and to the attached Note about the content of the remade ADs. The text establishes authority for the act by reference to subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, but does not reproduce any enforcement provisions from that underlying regulation. Consequently, any civil or administrative penalties, criminal sanctions, or enforcement pathways that would attach to failure to comply with an Airworthiness Directive are not set out in this instrument. Practitioners must look to the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and related statutory and regulatory materials for the legal consequences of non‑compliance with an AD.

Operationally, the instrument’s immediate legal effect is to revoke prior instruments listed in Schedule 1 and to reissue those ADs as separate attached instruments in the same form as the latest published edition. If an attached AD requires action and contains compliance timelines, then failure to comply with that AD would be a failure to comply with an instrument that is, after this remaking exercise, in force. Enforcement of such failures would therefore proceed under whatever enforcement mechanisms the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 supply for contraventions of ADs or related safety directions. This remaking instrument does not create new enforcement modalities nor does it alter or specify the penalties associated with contravention of the ADs; it is purely administrative in effect as presented.

The Schedule records some entries as "CANCELLED." Cancellation of an AD removes the AD as an operative requirement. The instrument does not state whether any transitional enforcement measures apply as a consequence of cancellation, nor does it provide any savings clauses for work already done or in progress. Those transitional or enforcement issues would need to be resolved by reference to the cancelled AD texts, the attached remade instruments, and any relevant provisions of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

The instrument expressly invokes subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 as the enabling authority. It does not attempt to restate or summarise subregulation 39.001(1), nor does it quote or reproduce other statutory or regulatory provisions. The only direct statutory interaction recorded in the text is that single reference to the CASR 1998 provision as the source of the delegate’s power to revoke and remake ADs.

Because Airworthiness Directives sit within the broader regulatory framework of civil aviation safety, the remaking of ADs will interact with any obligations, enforcement powers, approvals and certification regimes established under the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and related legislative instruments. This instrument does not itself alter other regulatory instruments; instead it references them by exercising power under a cited subregulation. The Note that the remade ADs are "in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition" indicates that the substantive link between these ADs and the rest of the regulatory framework is preserved: the content of the remade ADs remains tied to the published editions that implement safety actions under the legislative scheme.

Where the Schedule marks particular ADs "CANCELLED", interplay with other laws or regulatory requirements could arise in practice. For example, if another regulatory provision required an operator to comply with a particular AD or record compliance for certification, cancellation of that AD would alter the operator’s obligations under those intersecting provisions. The instrument itself does not address such cross‑references; any necessary consequential amendments to certificates, approvals, maintenance programs, or continuing airworthiness obligations would need to be handled under the relevant regulatory provisions or administrative processes.

In short, this instrument is an administrative act that reorganises how a set of ADs are instrumented. Its primary statutory interaction is with the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 via the delegated power exercised under subregulation 39.001(1). Any further legal effects, enforcement actions, or interactions with other statutory obligations must be traced by reference to the remade ADs as attached and to the other provisions of the CASR 1998 and associated instruments.

The instrument itself is dated 20 December 2004 and carries no internal amendment history beyond the content of Schedule 1, which documents prior amendment states of individual ADs by annotating some entries with amendment markers. For example, the Schedule lists entries such as "Inspection Requirements - Fatigue Critical Items AD/F28/12 H" and "Retirement Times - Fatigue Critical Components AD/F28/13 G", where the appended letters indicate that those particular ADs have undergone earlier amendments and are at the lettered amendment stage indicated. Other entries carry "Amdt 1", "Amdt 2", "Amdt 4", or higher numeric amendment annotations, for example "Structural Integrity Program AD/F28/45 Amdt 5" and "Corrosion Prevention and Control Program AD/F28/66 Amdt 4". These notations show that, prior to this revocation/remaking exercise, the ADs had amendment histories.

The instrument’s Note explicitly frames the remaking exercise as preserving the content of the latest published edition of each AD: "Each attached Airworthiness Directive is being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive." That sentence functions as an amendment history safeguard: it confirms that this remaking is not intended to introduce additional substantive amendments beyond those already reflected in the "latest published edition." Therefore, the amendment history of each AD up to the latest published edition is implicitly carried forward into the remade instrument.

Some entries are marked "CANCELLED" in the Schedule. Those cancellation notations represent a distinct kind of amendment history entry: a prior AD has been explicitly cancelled and therefore will not be remade as an operative requirement. Examples in the Schedule include "Landing Gear Warning - Modification - CANCELLED AD/F28/4" and "Flap Actuators - Inspection AD/F28/6 CANCELLED AD/F28/7" and others. The presence of amendment markers and cancellation flags in the Schedule gives users a record of which ADs had been previously amended and which had been formally cancelled as of the instrument’s date.

The instrument itself does not include further amending provisions, saving clauses, or transitional arrangements. It does not record any prospective amendments beyond the remaking exercise. Practitioners needing a complete amendment history for any particular AD must therefore consult the attached remade AD (which, per the Note, matches the latest published edition) and any earlier published versions or amendment papers maintained in CASA’s records or the AD publication history.

The instrument’s text does not record any litigation, judicial decisions, or administrative appeals relating to the revocation or remaking of the listed Airworthiness Directives. It contains only the administrative act of revocation and remaking and a Schedule listing the affected ADs. No cases, legal proceedings, or disputes are mentioned in the instrument. There is therefore no litigation history included within this instrument that a reader can rely upon.

If litigation or challenges to ADs existed elsewhere, they are not documented in the text supplied. Users requiring information on any past or pending litigation that might bear on the ADs would need to consult external legal databases, court records, or CASA archival materials. That material is not contained in, nor referenced by, this instrument.

1. The instrument remakes ADs "as separate instruments" but does not reproduce the substantive AD text in the body of this instrument. The Schedule lists the ADs and their numbers and includes cancellation and amendment notations. The Note clarifies that each attached AD is "being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive." Practically, this means you must obtain the attached ADs or the latest published editions to determine the operative compliance obligations. The Schedule alone is not a substitute for the actual AD texts.

2. Several entries are flagged "CANCELLED." The Schedule labels numerous items as cancelled (for example AD/F28/4, AD/F28/7, AD/F28/10, AD/F28/19, AD/F28/38, AD/F28/40, AD/F28/44, AD/F28/47, AD/F28/60, AD/F28/65, and others). The instrument does not explain the scope or effect of each cancellation beyond the one‑word label. If a cancelled AD previously imposed an obligation on an operator, the cancellation may remove that obligation. However, this instrument does not state any transitional provision, grandfathering of work already done, or effect on records. Confirm the operative status of a particular requirement by consulting the attached remade ADs and the latest published editions.

3. Amendment identifiers are included in Schedule 1 for some ADs (for example "AD/F28/12 H", "AD/F28/13 G", "AD/F28/28 Amdt 2", "AD/F28/45 Amdt 5", "AD/F28/66 Amdt 4"). Those identifiers indicate amendment histories that practitioners should preserve in compliance records. Because the remade ADs are stated to be "exactly the same" as the latest published editions, the amendment history up to that latest edition is carried forward, and the specific amendment state should be used for citation and tracking.

4. The instrument is limited to Fokker F28 series aeroplanes. It does not affect ADs for other aircraft types. Ensure that any compliance programme correctly scopes aircraft types; referencing an AD/F28 number that applies only to Fokker F28 series aircraft on other types would be an error.

5. Citation and recordkeeping impact. The instrument revokes the previously standing ADs and remakes them separately. This administrative change can fracture historic citations. Maintenance records, continuing airworthiness management documents, and safety cases that cite the old instrument identifiers must be reviewed and potentially updated to reflect the remade, separately instrumented ADs. The instrument does not provide a mapping table of old instrument identifiers to new ones beyond the Schedule list; practitioners will need to reconcile references themselves by cross‑checking the attached ADs.

6. The instrument does not contain enforcement, transitional or appeal provisions. If a practitioner needs clarity on enforcement risk or the effect of cancellation on certification status, those issues are not addressed here and must be resolved by consulting the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 or engaging CASA.

1. Obtain the attached ADs and the latest published editions. The instrument expressly states that each attached Airworthiness Directive "is being re-made in exactly the same form as appears in the latest published edition of the Directive." Compliance requires reading the attached AD text or the latest published edition to determine the required inspections, modifications, replacements, intervals, retirement times, or other mandated actions.

2. Verify which ADs are in force for each aircraft in your fleet. The Schedule lists numerous ADs by AD number and name; some entries are marked "CANCELLED" and others bear amendment annotations. For each Fokker F28 series aeroplane under your responsibility, determine which of the listed ADs apply and whether any listed item has been cancelled. The Schedule alone does not provide compliance directives; the attached ADs do.

3. Update compliance records and references. Because the instrument revokes listed ADs and remakes them as separate instruments, update logbooks, maintenance programmes, continuing airworthiness records, and compliance registers to reference the remade instruments and, where relevant, the specific amendment state (for example AD/F28/12 H). Ensure that records indicate compliance against the remade AD as attached, not against an earlier consolidated instrument that has been revoked.

4. For cancelled ADs, confirm whether obligations are removed or whether alternate requirements remain. The Schedule labels several ADs as "CANCELLED." Before ceasing any ongoing maintenance activity that was undertaken solely to comply with a cancelled AD, confirm by inspecting the attached documents and any related regulatory guidance whether the cancellation removes the requirement or whether replacement measures apply.

5. Maintain audit trails. Because the remaking exercise preserves the "latest published edition" of the ADs, retain copies of the relevant published editions and the attached remade ADs as evidence of the required tasks at the date they applied. This will assist in any future enquiries about compliance history and will provide documentary support if questions arise about what constituted compliance at particular times.

6. Coordinate with maintenance providers and certifying staff. If any remade AD requires inspections, modifications or component replacements, plan and schedule the necessary tasks with approved maintenance organisations and certifying staff. The Schedule’s titles indicate a broad range of potential tasks (inspections, modifications, replacements and retirement times across systems and structures). Ensure that maintenance planning accounts for the technical scope, access requirements, parts availability, and certification of maintenance personnel.

7. Seek clarification from CASA where ambiguous. The instrument does not set out enforcement, transitional or appeal provisions and does not include the full operative AD texts in its body. If the attachment or the latest published edition leaves any ambiguity about scope, timelines, or applicability, obtain clarification from CASA or the designated CASA contact for AD publication.

8. Preserve familiarity with the underlying enabling regulation. The instrument is enacted under subregulation 39.001(1) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998. For full understanding of enforcement, rights of review, and the broader regulatory context, consult the CASR 1998. This instrument does not restate the powers and processes in CASR 1998 and does not itself provide procedural guidance beyond the revocation and remaking act.

9. Treat citation precision as material. When referencing an AD in a compliance claim, defect rectification, or certification statement, cite the remade attached AD or the latest published edition, including the AD number and any amendment suffix. The Schedule makes clear that some ADs have amendment identifiers; accurate citation reduces the risk of disputing whether the correct version was complied with.

10. Keep a watch for any future CASA instruments. This instrument remade the listed ADs as of 20 December 2004. For ongoing compliance, monitor CASA publications for any further amendments, cancellations, replacements, or consolidation instruments that supersede the attached ADs or change their status.