Embraer's Phenom 300EV wins US, EU and Brazilian certification

Embraer has secured certification for its Phenom 300EV light jet from three regulators: the US Federal Aviation Administration, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Brazil's ANAC. The company announced the approvals on 25 August.

The Phenom 300EV is the third generation of Embraer's Phenom 300 line, first disclosed in July. Deliveries are not expected to begin until 2028, according to the manufacturer.

The aircraft is notable for becoming the first light jet certified with Garmin's Autoland system, which can land the aircraft automatically if a pilot becomes incapacitated. That system already features on other small aircraft, including the HondaJet Elite II and Cirrus Vision Jet, as well as turboprops such as the Daher TBM 980 and Beechcraft Denali. Embraer's executive jets chief, Michael Amalfitano, has said the company is looking at bringing Autoland to the smaller Phenom 100 as well.

Beyond Autoland, the 300EV introduces other safety-related additions. A new Multi-Purpose Electronic Controller combines autobrake with rudder-by-wire to ease pilot workload during landing. Garmin's 3D taxiway routing, runway occupancy awareness tool and synthetic vision guidance system are also included.

The jet keeps the Garmin 3000 Prodigy Touch avionics suite and the twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PW353E1 engines used on the previous Phenom 300E model. Range has increased slightly, to 2,055 nautical miles from 2,010 nautical miles on the prior version.