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### BRAZILIAN EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE EAD No.: 2014-07-02 Effective Date: 25 July 2014 The follo w i ng Brazilian Eme r gency Airwor th i ness Di re ctive {EAD) , issued by the Ag encia Nacional de Aviac;ao Civil (ANAC) in accordance with provis i ons of Chapter IV , Title III of C6digo Brasileiro de Aeronautica

- Law N o . 7 , 565 dated 19 December 1986

- and Regulamen t o Brasileiro da Avia<;i!o Civil !RBA Cl 39 , applies to a ll aircraft registered in the Reg ist ro Aer o nau ti co B r asileiro
. No person may o perat e an aircraft to whi c h this AD a p plies , unless it h as p reviously corrplied w ith the requirements established herei n . EAD No. 2014-07-02 -EMBRAER I 39-1385. APPLICABIL IT Y: This Eme rgency Air.vorthine ss Directive (EAD) a ppli es to Embrae r S.A. model EMB- 500 airpl anes, as identified in Embraer Alert Serv ic e Bulletin (ASB) 500-55

- A004, revi si on I , dated Jul y 24 , 2014. CANCELLAT IO N I REVISION: Not applicable. R EASON: Thi s EAD re s ults f rom a report of crackin g in the barrel nut s at th e hori zontal s tabi lize r-to-v erti cal s tabili ze r attachment j oint found durin g an in spect ion at th e assemb ly line. T his E AD i s being issued to detect and correct c ra cking of the barrel nut s at th e horizo ntal s tabili zer -t o ve rt ical s tabilizer attachment joint , whi ch cou ld r es ult in reduced s tru ctural integ rity of the affected part an d consequent d eta c hm ent of th e hori zo nt al s tabili ze r fr om th e airplan e . Since thi s co nditi on ma y exist in oth er airplan es of the sa me type a nd affects fli g ht s afety, an imm ed iate correc ti ve action is r equired
. Thu s, s uffic ient reason exists to requ es t co mplian ce w ith thi s EA D in the indicated tim e l imit without prior notice. REQUIRED ACTION: You mu st in spec t a nd re place the di sc repa nt barre l nuts in t he h orizo nta l s tabi I ize r-t o -v ert ica l s tabi I ize r attachm e nt joint. C OMPLIANCE: Do th e action s r eq uired by th is EAD within th e compliance t im es spec ified , unless the act ions ha ve already been don e . In spection and corrective action (a) Within 3 flight cycl es after the effec ti ve date of thi s EAD: Do the in spec tion of a ll barrel nut s, and do all applicable correc tiv e act ions , in acco rdanc e with the Accomp li shment In struct ions of E mbrae r Alert Serv ice Bulletin 500-55-A004 , rev i sio n I , dated Jul y 24,2014. Credit for previous actions (b) Thi s paragraph provid es credit for the actions spec ifi e d in par agraph (a) of thi s EAD, if th ose actions were performed before th e effective date of this EAD , us in g E mbra e r Alert Se rvice Bulletin 500-55

- A004, origi nal issue , dated July 2 1 , 20 1 4. Material incorporated by reference (c) You mu s t use Emb r ae r ASB 500-55-A004, rev is ion I , dated Jul y 24 , 20 14 ; o r further revi sio ns approved by th e ANAC; to do th e actions required by thi s EAD, unl ess the EAD specifies otherwi se. Alternativ e methods of comp lianc e (AMOCs) (d) A different method o r a diff e r

e nt co mpliance t ime, with th e requirem ent s o f th is EAD , may be u se d if app roved by the Genera l Manage r of th e Ae ron autical Product Ce rtification Branch (Ge re ncia-Geral de**Certifica~ iio**  de Prod ut o Aeron autico

- GGCP).Required as indi cated below , unles s already accomp li s h e d
. Fo r m F- 900-05FCONT I NUATION OF E A D No.: 20 1 4-07-02/39-1385 PAGE No.: 2/2 C O NTACT: For add i tional infonnation , please contact the ANAC-GGCP , 12246-870

- Sao Jose dos Campos

- SP , Brazil , telephone: 55 ( 12) 3797-2521 , Fax: 55 ( 12) 3797-2330 , E-mail: pac @ anac.gov.br. APP R OVAL: Original in Portuguese language availab l e in the files of the Aeronautical Products Certification Branch (GGCP) ofthe National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC)
. Signed by:

HELlO TARQUINIO JUN I OR General Manager GGCP D I NO I SHIKURA Airworthiness Superintendent ANAC

Form F - 900 -0SF