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AD 2006-02-02 Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, and -120RT Airplanes

2006-02-24
2006-01-20
39-14454
FAA-2005-22871
Airframe
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Models named: EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, -120RT. Read the applicability below — it usually turns on serial or part numbers too.

Applicability*9

This AD applies to EMBRAER Model EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, and -120RT airplanes, certificated in any category; as identified in EMBRAER Service Bulletin 120-53-0080, dated November 30, 2004.

Compliance

You are responsible for having the actions required by this AD performed within the compliance times specified, unless the actions have already been done. Rivet Installation (f) Within 4,000 flight hours or 24 months, whichever occurs first after the effective date of this AD: Install a rivet and washer in the hole of the upper frame of the APU firewall, in accordance with EMBRAER Service Bulletin 120-53-0080, dated November 30, 2004. Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) (g)(1) The Manager, International Branch, ANM-116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested in accordance with the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. (2) Before using any AMOC approved in accordance with § 39.19 on any airplane to which the AMOC applies, notify the appropriate principal inspector in the FAA Flight Standards Certificate Holding District Office. Related Information (h) Brazilian airworthiness directive 2005-08-03, effective September 5, 2005, also addresses the subject of this AD. Material Incorporated by Reference (i) You must use EMBRAER Service Bulletin 120-53-0080, dated November 30, 2004, to perform the actions that are required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of this document in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Contact Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER), P.O. Box 343—CEP 12.225, Sao Jose dos Campos—SP, Brazil, for a copy of this service information. You may review copies at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., room PL-401, Nassif Building, Washington, DC; on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov ; or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at the NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. Issued in Renton, Washington, on January 10, 2006. Ali Bahrami, Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 06-469 Filed 1-19-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

Unsafe condition

This AD results from a report indicating that, during production, a pinhole was left open at the upper frame of the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall. We are issuing this AD to ensure that the APU compartment is isolated from the rest of the airplane in the event of an APU fire.

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