AD/EMB-120/1 - Generator Control Unit (GCU)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

 


Embraer EMB-120 (Brasilia) Series Aeroplanes

 

AD/EMB-120/1 Generator Control Unit (GCU) 2/91

Applicability: Embraer 120 aircraft S/No’s 120004; and 120006 through to 120090 inclusive. Requirement:               Action in accordance with the technical requirements of Brazilian AD 90-09-03.

Note: Embraer SB 120-024-0021 Revision 3 also refers.

 

Compliance: Within 1000 hours time in service after 30 September 1990.

 

Background: Advice has been received that GCU failures may result in momentary overvoltages of sufficient amplitude to cause failure of critical aircraft systems and components.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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