Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-13008 · Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and -145 Series Airplanes
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and -145 Series Airplanes
Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes, certificated in any category, equipped with an electromechanical gust lock system.
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting airworthiness directive (AD) 2002-26-51 that was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes by individual notices. This AD requires revising the Limitations Section of the Airplane Flight Manual to advise the flightcrew of the possibility of locking of the elevator during takeoff and to provide the appropriate procedures to prevent it. This action is prompted by a report indicating that the elevator locked during the takeoff run on a Model EMB-145 series airplane. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent locking of the elevator during takeoff, which could result in loss of controllability of the airplane.
