Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

Aviation Industry

CAA-2009-04-011

The aircraft owner or operator shall comply with Airworthiness Directives issued by the CAA or the aeronautics authority of the State of Design (SoD) of the aviation products, appliances and parts, and take all necessary actions thereto.

Issue Date: 2009/04/28

Applicability: This Airworthiness Directive (AD) applies to Embraer Model ERJ 190-100 IGW, ERJ 190-100 LR, ERJ 190-100 STD, ERJ 190-200 IGW, ERJ 190-200 LR and ERJ 190-200 STD airplanes.

Model Number: Embraer Model ERJ 190-100 IGW, ERJ 190-100 LR, ERJ 190-100 STD, ERJ 190-200 IGW, ERJ 190-200 LR and ERJ 190-200 STD airplanes.

CAA AD Number: CAA-2009-04-011

Aeronautics Authority of Original AD: ANAC

Original AD Number: 2009-04-02(BRAZIL)

Effective Date: 2009/04/29

Subject: During ERJ 190 airplane full scale fatigue test, cracks were found in some structural components of the airplane. Analysis of these cracks resulted in modifications on the airplane Airworthiness Limitation Items (ALI), to include new inspections tasks or modification of existing ones and its respective thresholds and intervals. Failure to inspect these components according to the new tasks, thresholds and intervals could prevent a timely detection of fatigue cracks. Undetected fatigue cracks in these areas could adversely affect the structural integrity of these airplanes.

Reference Publications (Revision/ATA/SB): Temporary Revisions (TR) 2-5, dated 06 Dec. 2007; and TR 2-6, dated 12 Feb. 2008 of the Embraer 190 MRB Report (MRB-1928).

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