The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive for the Eclipse 500 that, as of March 21, would limit its maximum operating altitude to 30,000 feet, according to a report from Aviation International News. This supersedes an existing AD, issued in November 2008, that limited the jet to 37,000 feet or below in response to carbon build-up in the Eclipse’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A engines that could cause engine surges and thus might “result in a necessary reduction in thrust.”
