# Proposed AD FAA-2007-0075: EMBRAER Model EMB-120, -120ER, -120FC, -120QC, and -120RT Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2008-04-18
- Products: Embraer
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: October 23, 2007, 72 FR 59967
- Comments due: November 23, 2007
- Became: [AD 2008-04-18](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2008-04-18)
- Docket: FAA-2007-0075 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2007-0075, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2007-NM-171-AD
- FR document: E7-20821
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/0b/fb/0bfbec6505e122ea0e5fe044a1cf100e4350afcb4a4dccc316e1ba163d2d8b93 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-10-23/pdf/E7-20821.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/10/23/E7-20821/airworthiness-directives-embraer-model-emb-120--120er--120fc--120qc-and--120rt-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/534B74D73626A7FB8625737D004BEDF3.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2007-0075

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:

It has been found that former revisions of the Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR) of the EMB-120( ) aircraft do not fully comply with some Critical Design Configuration Control Limitations (CDCCL) and Fuel System Limitations (FSL). These limitations are necessary to preclude ignition sources in the fuel system, as required by RBHA-E88/SFAR-88 (Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 88). * * * * * * *

The potential of ignition sources, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

## Notices in this docket

- Oct 23, 2007: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document E7-20821, comments due Nov 23, 2007 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/10/23/E7-20821/airworthiness-directives-embraer-model-emb-120--120er--120fc--120qc-and--120rt-airplanes)

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