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AD/EMB-120/44 - Cargo Configuration
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| AD/EMB-120/44 | Cargo Configuration | 5/2006 |
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| Applicability: | Model EMB-120 aircraft, serial numbers 120003 through 120358; operating in cargo configuration, including “full cargo” and “quick change” versions. |
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| Requirement: | 1. Install a placard limiting the load distribution in a minimum and maximum height of loading and incorporate Revision 65 in the Brazilian Aircraft Flight Manual No. AFM-120/813.2. For operation in cargo configuration without the limitations imposed by Requirement 1:Install three additional vertical cargo nets part number 120-64027-001, and replace the loading limitation placards, in accordance with Embraer Service Bulletins No. 120-25-0255 or 120-25-0257, original issues, or later CTA approved revisions.Note 1: Embraer Service Bulletin 120-25-0254 original issue, or later CTA approved revision, refers.Note 2: CTA AD 2001-02-02R2 refers. |
| Compliance: | 1. Before 31 May 2006, unless already accomplished.2. As required by the operator. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 11 May 2006. | |
| Background: | The manufacturer has determined that in certain flight conditions a load displacement could occur in aircraft operating in cargo configuration “quick change” or “full cargo”, if the load is not properly distributed and retained along the compartment. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
29 March 2006