WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. Airplanes.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 18 by Steven W. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Embraer S.A. (Embraer) Model EMB-505 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by the possibility that some airplanes may have invalid horizontal stabilizer (HS) backlash test results due to the use of incorrect procedures. This proposed AD would require inspecting the airplane's left-hand (LH) and right-hand (RH) HS backlash and replacement,...