Explanatory Statement
Civil Aviation Regulations 1988
Revocation of Airworthiness Directive
Legislation
Under section 98 of the Civil Aviation Act 1988 (the Act), the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act and in the interests of the safety of air navigation. Under regulation 39.001 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998, CASA may issue airworthiness directives (ADs) for kinds of aircraft or aeronautical products. Under the previous subregulation 39.001(5) of CASR 1998, an AD was a legislative instrument. This is still the situation under subsection 98(5B) of the Act.
AD/CESSNA 210/36 required all Cessna P210 series aircraft to retire the windshield and cabin windows from service upon or prior to the accumulation of 19,400 and 12,000 pressurised flights respectively. This AD is no longer required as the retirement life of these components and others are mandated in the FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) for the Cessna P210 and as recommended in the Cessna Continued Airworthiness Program (CAP) No. 53-10-01. The TCDS and CAP mandate the retirement of windshield, windows, and ice detector light lens upon accumulation of 13,000 hours. Any retirement lives stated in the FAA TCDS are mandatory as they are part of the type design. The CAP retirement lives are part of the airworthiness limitation and as such is mandatory according to Civil Aviation Order (CAO) 100.5.
Consultation
The requirements of this AD are met by airworthiness limitations which are mandated by CAO 100.5. Cancellation of this AD reduces the burden on industry by removing the possibility of duplication of requirements and as such no consultation with the Australian public has taken place. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has determined that ADs do not require a Regulatory Impact Statement.
The AD cancellation has been made by the Manager, Continuing Airworthiness in the Airworthiness and Engineering Branch, on behalf of CASA, in accordance with subsection 94 (1) of the Act.
[Instrument number CASA ADCX 018/11]