EMBRAER Issues Airworthiness Directive Amendment for EMB-120 Series Airplanes

Summary

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) has issued an airworthiness directive amendment for its EMB-120 series airplanes, requiring the installation of a low speed alarm for icing conditions, revising the Airplane Flight Manual, and replacing a placard to direct flightcrews to activate deicing boots upon ice detection. The amendment aims to improve flightcrew indications of ice accretion severity and prevent reduced aircraft controllability.