Originally Posted by
Cloudee
No AD on the Airvan that I can find. Grounded by a letter that CASA sent to operators, Anybody care to post the contents of this letter?
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00999
Instrument number CASA 44/19
I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.245 of the
Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed S. Carmody]
Shane Carmody
Director of Aviation Safety
19 July 2019
CASA 44/19 — Temporary Prohibition of Operations (GippsAero GA8 Airvan) Direction 2019
1 Name
This instrument is
CASA 44/19 — Temporary Prohibition of Operations (GippsAero GA8 Airvan) Direction 2019.
2 Duration
This instrument:
(a) commences at 11:59 pm on the day it is registered; and
(b) is repealed at the end of 15 days after the day it commences.
Note For regulation 11.250 of CASR, the direction in section 3 ceases to be in force on the day this instrument is repealed.
3 Direction
A person must not operate a:
(a) GA8 aircraft; or
(b) GA8–TC 320 aircraft;
within Australian territory, or, if the aircraft is Australian registered, in any place outside Australian territory.