Narrative:

This is a correction to the early report submitted. 1. All required checks were completed prior to takeoff as per aom I. 2. At the takeoff the gust lock appeared to be off. 3. I cannot recall if thrust levers were in detent. 4. While climbing out I noticed ac was not climbing normally and took over ac. I then realized the gust lock was in the intermediate position. 5. We declared an emergency and made an uneventful safe landing. We returned to gate and wrote up gust lock. 6. The gust lock was written up because it was the identifiable problem at hand which prevented movement of the thrust levers. After several days of replaying the event in my mind. I remembered the release being in a position where it was blocking the gust lock during the thrust setting procedure and I pulled it out. This action could have returned the gust lock to the intermediate position during the takeoff roll.I suggest 1. Keep gust lock area free of anything. 2. Maybe a design changes that prevent the gust lock from blocking the thrust levers. Or something like shear pins in the bar and release lever attachment points.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After takeoff an EMB-145 Captain determined the aircraft was not climbing normally and discovered the Gust Lock in an intermediate position blocking the thrust levers; so an emergency was declared and the flight returned to the departure airport.

Narrative: This is a correction to the early report submitted. 1. All required checks were completed prior to takeoff as per AOM I. 2. At the takeoff the gust lock appeared to be off. 3. I cannot recall if thrust levers were in detent. 4. While climbing out I noticed ac was not climbing normally and took over ac. I then realized the gust lock was in the intermediate position. 5. We declared an emergency and made an uneventful safe landing. We returned to gate and wrote up gust lock. 6. The gust lock was written up because it was the identifiable problem at hand which prevented movement of the Thrust levers. After several days of replaying the event in my mind. I remembered the release being in a position where it was blocking the gust lock during the thrust setting procedure and I pulled it out. This action could have returned the gust lock to the intermediate position during the takeoff roll.I suggest 1. Keep gust lock area free of anything. 2. Maybe a design changes that prevent the gust lock from blocking the thrust levers. Or something like shear pins in the bar and release lever attachment points.

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