Issue No.

06 – May 2007
May 2007 Issue No. 06

From the Editor

E-JETS NEWS is a publication that presents EMBRAER 170/190 aircraft technical

items. This newsletter, compiled by EMBRAER Fleet Technical Center (EFTC),
brings the latest developments and shares in-service knowledge and maintenance
best practices. It also provides troubleshooting tips to optimize aircraft utilization
and efficiency in daily operation.

E-JETS NEWS addresses Operator’s concerns with maintenance support and

dispatchability of EMBRAER 170/190 aircraft. It has relevant information to be
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CF34-10E Bleed Bias Sensor SPDA FAIL Cause by

(BBS) Leakage – Update TRANSFER ERROR
ACKNOWLEDGE Machine
Effectivity: EMBRAER 190
Check Interruptions – Update
In the previous E-Jets NEWS (issue No.
th
05), it was informed that on March 20 , Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190
2007, after take-off, the “Eng 1 Fire” As already informed in E-Jets NEWS
message was displayed on the EICAS,
issue N°5, a failure mode has been
with the red handle light on in the
identified on the SPDA MICRO/COMM,
EMBRAER 190 aircraft. The flight crew
which can cause an SPDA FAIL
followed the instructions given in the
message correlated to a maintenance
Quick Reference Handbook (QRH) and
message (SPDA1/2 LRM8/12 FAULT).
shut the engine down without blowing the
extinguishing fire bottles. Initial investigation has pointed to a CPU
manufacturer component specification
Analysis of the event has showed that the
change, which affects the interaction
nuts and bolts of the ninth-stage duct
between the CPU and L2 cache
assembly and BBS fitting PN 341-5122-
processing. The investigation has also
503 were improperly connected.
showed that initial occurrences of this
As informed, an immediate interim action issue appeared on SPDA MICRO/COMM
was defined by EMBRAER and GE. Also, PN 1707789 series, serial numbers 605
SB190-36-0010 PNEUMATIC - LH/RH to 808, which had CPU PN 5912880-1
ENGINES - Inspection of Bleed Bias replaced with PN 5912880-3.
Sensor Fitting Installation was issued on
rd Further investigation has determined that
March 23 , 2007, requiring an inspection
Transfer Error Acknowledge machine
of the ninth-stage duct assembly and
checks occur more frequently with power
BBS fitting for proper torque installation.
dissipation at higher levels due to
The whole EMBRAER 190/195 fleet in manufacturing process variation. This
the field has been inspected and no fault can affect both microprocessors PN
was found. 5912880-1 and 5912880-3. Hamilton
Sundstrand has implemented a new
EMBRAER and GE carried out an screening procedure to identify faulty
investigation and concluded that an CPU components. This will allow both
assembly or maintenance error has CPU PN 5912880-1 and PN 5912880-3
occurred. components to be used on SPDA
microprocessor boards. Microprocessor
A warning has been included in modules S/N 905 and subsequent have
EMBRAER 190 Aircraft Maintenance been subjected to the new screening
Manual (AMM) to emphasize the correct procedure.
torque that must be applied and that the
criss-cross pattern must be used on this All Micro Modules that undergoes the
BBS assembly. screening test will be marked with Mod 5.

The revised procedure is in EMBRAER EMBRAER SNL 170-24-0021 and SNL

190 AMM 36-11-04, Task 36-11-04-400- 190-24-0015 have been issued to
801-A, subtask 420-074-A, (4) (b) 4, and indicate the applicable maintenance
will be available in the next scheduled action to be performed.
revision.
The new SPDA Block software is being
developed to eliminate all interactions
between the CPU and the L2 cache.
This new SPDA Block software will also
eliminate SPDA FAILs caused by
Transfer Error Acknowledge machine
check interruptions.

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SF-ACE – Electrical Connector Broken Fuel Feed Tube Flange

and Mounting Tray Adjustment Causing FUEL FEED FAULT
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190 Effectivity: EMBRAER 170

EMBRAER has received field reports EMBRAER has recently received a report
concerning difficulties during the about the finding of a broken engine
installation of the SF-ACE in the ejector pump feed tube flange (PN 170-
MOUNTING TRAY. This issue was 05988-401 – item 10, detail B below) on
raised due to the SF-ACE not fitting the an aircraft.
electrical connectors of the mounting tray
during its installation. Refer to (Figure 1).

To avoid such scenario, the correct

installation is given in AMM Task 27-53-
02-400-801-A (Slat/Flap Actuator Control
Electronic Unit – Installation). Refer to
(Figure 2).

Figure 1 – SF-ACE Installation

FIGURE 2 (SF-ACE Electrical Connector and

Mounting Tray - Adjustments)

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Such issue was cause for an Pack Air Cycle Machine (ACM)
investigation in the past. It was revealed Contamination
that the fuel feed line from the engine
feed ejector pump to the manifold might Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190
be damaged due to vibration and/ or
misaligned installation. In spite of the recommendations given in
SNL 170-25-0004 (190-25-0007),
As a solution, EMBRAER issued SB 170- EMBRAER 170 and 190 aircraft are still
28-0007 – FUEL – REPLACEMENT OF subject to Pack 2 component
AN ALUMINUM TUBE WITH A contamination by beverages thrown in
FLEXIBLE HOSE IN THE ENGINE FUEL the forward galley sink, mainly coffee.
FEED LINE - providing instructions to EMBRAER would like to remind that, so
replace the aluminum tube connected to far, this contamination is not considered a
the engine feed ejector pump and to the cause of ACM failures. Also, the CMC
manifold with a flexible hose, thus should be used to keep track of Pack Fail
modifying its fittings, in order to increase messages and their correlated
system robustness by eliminating maintenance messages. For more
vibration and misalignment effects on the information about this, refer to SNL 170-
fuel feed line. 21-0021 (190-21-0014).
Currently, only 15% of the affected fleet
has this service bulletin incorporated, and
once an open fuel feed line is the main SPDA Block 10.1 RAT
cause of the Fuel Feed Fault, the
incorporation of this service bulletin is Deployment Logic Modification
also recommended as a proactive Affecting AMM Auto
attitude to avoid reports with Fuel Feed Deployment Procedure
Fault message.
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 POS MOD SB
Regarding the Fuel Feed Fault issue, 170-24-0038 AND EMBRAER 190 POS
EMBRAER is also recommending MOD SB 190-24-0009
observance of operational reference
EMBRAER 170 AOM 3-17, with As it is stated on Hamilton SB
instructions to keep the AC Pumps 1 & 2 40EPS04MPM02/03-24-4 Software
selectors ON before engine start, as well Accomplishment Summary, the RAT auto
as EMBRAER 170 AOM 3-29, this last deployment logic was changed to avoid
one with instructions to maintain a an inadvertent deployment on the ground
minimum of 65% N2 after selecting the caused by the loss of GCU 1 and SPDA
fuel AC pumps 1 & 2 to AUTO, in order to 2 at the same time. This change has
avoid the Fuel Feed Fault EICAS impacted the AMM TASK 24-23-00-710-
message before takeoff. 802-A Ram-Air-Turbine (RAT) Auto-
Deployment - Operational Test, because
with SPDA Block 10.1 it is necessary not
only to simulate in-flight condition and air
P-ACE HARDWARE speed greater than 50 kts, but also to
MODIFICATION remove power from the AC ESS BUS by
switching the GPU to the unlatched
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190 position (OFF).

SB170-27-0029REV01 / SB190-27-0012, The AMM has already been revised to

which provide instruction for new P-ACE comply with this logic modification and it
(-802 for EMBRAER 170 and -822 for will be available in the next schedule
EMBRAER 190) installation, will be revision.
reviewed to make the P-ACE
replacement procedure clear.

The new revision will recommend the

replacement of one P-ACE at a time,
according to AMM Task 27-03-03-04.

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Non-Latched Engine Short HONEYWELL SOFTWARE

Dispatch Messages during TOOLS CD
Engine Start
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190
Effectivity: EMBRAER 190
Honeywell has issued Rev. 7 of TNL
During the GE Customer Support A23-6710-002 to inform operators about
th the software tools CD. This CD contains
Operators Telecon held on April 17 ,
EMBRAER highlighted about Engine RT17.6 and DLS 4.0.4 required for Load
Short Dispatch nuisance and non-latched 19.3 installation.
messages due to LPT CMD - POSITION
DISAGREE (Fail Code 73215321) during It is important to emphasize that RT17.6
Engine Start. and DLS 4.0.4 are not compatible with
previous Loads. Refer to Honeywell TNL
Some Operators requested EMBRAER to A23-6710-002 to select the correct
prepare a SNL explaining this issue and RT/DLS version for the Load installed in
reinforcing that no maintenance actions the aircraft. EMBRAER will revise the
are necessary. Based on GE Illustrated Tool and Equipment Manual
documentation, EMBRAER is working on (ITEM) accordingly.
a SNL issuance.
Different RT/DLS versions can be
In the meantime, EMBRAER would like to installed in the same computer but in
highlight that any Engine Short Dispatch separated folders (RT/DLS installation file
message latched after flight and caused automatically selects a dedicated folder,
due to LPT CMD - POSITION which is properly identified).
DISAGREE fault will require an LPTACC
Valve replacement. Customers need to contact Honeywell to
order the tools CD as per instructions of
TNL A23-6710-002.

EMBRAER 190 Main Brake

Control Valves (BCV) 1 and 4
Bleed/ Wing Leak Messages
Maintenance Messages
Correction Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190

Effectivity: EMBRAER 190 EMBRAER would like to remind that, in

case of BLEED 1(2) LEAK and/or A-I
EMBRAER 190 is equipped with four WING 1(2) LEAK CAS messages being
separate and independent main brake displayed during any flight phases, it is
control valves. Each main brake control very important to check the CMC's ODS
valve controls brake pressure in one Parameters Page (AMS channel in-
brake assembly. control), for evidence of a real leak, at the
first opportunity. Continued resets of
EMBRAER has noticed that the these messages may lead to damage to
maintenance messages showing the the equipment. Furthermore, the
brake control valve as a possible faulty information on this CMC page is only
LRU are inverted in the CMC. reset after performing an IBIT of the
system. Refer to the applicable FIM for
EMBRAER is working to correct this
instructions.
issue. For more details, see SNL 190-32-
0018.

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APU inlet silencer

Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190

EMBRAER/ Hamilton Sundstrand APU

has recorded some APU inlet silencer
(PN 4952354) damages.

Also, common damages in the APU inlet

silencer splitter vanes (refer to figure 2)
and its joints with the main assembly
(refer to figure 3) have been observed.

The root cause for the damage is still Figure 3 – Detailed APU Inlet silencer
under investigation. There is a repair
procedure available since April 2007,
which covers most of the reported
damages. OVERSPEED TEST FAULT
CMC message Troubleshooting
Special repair procedure is available
upon request via EMBRAER Letter (IC). Effectivity: EMBRAER 170
This repair will be included in the
Component Maintenance Manual (CMM It has been observed in aircraft with
Part Number 4952354) in the next FADEC pre version 5.30 that some OBV
revision, expected to be issued on July faults could trigger OVERSPEED TEST
2007. FAULT CMC message. Also, the OBV
has been confirmed as the root cause in
many of these cases.

In order to improve the CMC message

system, FADEC version 5.30 has some
improvements in the message logic and
this scenario does not happen anymore

In case of OBV faults, only OBV

messages will be triggered.

Therefore, in aircraft with FADEC 5.30

installed, the OVERSPEED TEST FAULT
CMC message must be checked
according to EMBRAER FIM TASK 73-
21-00-810-916-A.

The OBV low reliability has been treated

Figure 1 – APU Inlet PN 4952354
and a CF34-8E-AL SB 75-0009
introducing the new OBV PN was issued
on January 2007.

This new OBV PN has the improvements

related to all those issues.

Figure 2 – APU Inlet

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BRAKE FAULT correlated with As described in the SNL, the first attempt
PRESSURE MORE THAN BCM to clear the message consists in de-
energizing and energizing the aircraft.
CMD – SUMMARY This procedure will clear the fault
memory of the BCM. After the aircraft
Effectivity: EMBRAER 190
power-down/power-up procedures, the
EMBRAER has received reports about No. 1 and No. 2 hydraulic systems should
the occurrences of BRK LH FAULT and be turned ON and the brake pedals
BRK RH FAULT messages showing should be applied to make sure that the
simultaneously on the EICAS with the messages do not appear on the EICAS.
correlated CMC messages “INBD (or
If the messages persist after the reset
OUTBD) L (or R) PR MORE THAN BCM
mentioned above, depending on the
CMD”.
correlated fault code recorded in the
When there is a report of BRK LH FAULT CMC, FIM tasks 32-41-00-810-848-A, 32-
and BRK RH FAULT simultaneously on 41-00-810-844-A, 32-41-00-810-846-A or
the EICAS, the CMC should be verified in 32-41-00-810-850-A should be carried
order to identify what the correlated out. The first step of the troubleshooting
maintenance message is. presented in these tasks is an attempt to
unclog the BCV. A “water hammer” effect
EMBRAER has issued SNL 190-32-0017 is produced in the inlet port of the BCV so
to clarify the BRK LH (RH) FAULT and to that an eventual residual pressure in the
inform the operators about all actions line downstream of the BCV is forced to
taken to solve this issue. The SNL has be released.
the following content: Issue Description,
Symptom of Event, Maintenance/ It was verified that the “water hammer”
Operational procedure to clear the effect could accelerate the process of
message, Root Cause investigation, damage in the outlet port filter of the
Interim measures and Solution. Shutoff Valve.

Regarding the Interim Solution, it is In order to minimize the impact of this

important to clarify that EMBRAER has procedure to the filter aforementioned,
received some MLG / Brake Assemblies the BCV unclogging procedure was
with a higher class contamination than revised. Temporary Revision of the FIM
required. EMBRAER issued Service tasks was issued.
Bulletin 190-32-0017 to present flushing
Regarding the Final Solution, EMBRAER
procedures for the hydraulic lines of the
will introduce the following modifications
inboard and outboard main brake and
in the EMBRAER 190 main brake
emergency brake systems. This
system:
procedure is recommended to be
accomplished at the earliest opportunity, - Service Bulletin 190-32-0019 - SOV
when manpower and facilities are REPLACEMENT. The SOV PN will
available. For more details of the flushing change from 38-957500 to 38-957500-1.
procedure and hardware replacement,
see SNL 190-32-0017 and SB 190-32- - Service Bulletin 190-32-0020 - BCV
0017. REPLACEMENT. The BCV PN will
change from 39-891-1 to 39-891-2.
SNL 190-32-0017 describes the
maintenance and operational procedures Note that Service Bulletin 190-32-0008
to be followed to clean the BRK LH (RH) must be accomplished before SB190-32-
FAULT EICAS message and release the 0017 and SB190-32-0020.
aircraft.
For further information, see the SB
mentioned above and SNL 190-32-0017.

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CF34-8E Combustor Liner DU and NIM installation

characteristic
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170
Effectivity: EMBRAER 170 / 190
EMBRAER was informed about an
engine removal due to cracks in the As a troubleshooting tip, remember that
combustor liner. Inspection was after operational software (Load)
performed after the engine experienced uploaded, DUs (Display Unit) and NIMs
high ITT. After inspection with a (Network Interface Module) can be
borescope, damage exceeding limits swapped in their different positions
described on EMM (Subtask 72-00-00- without the necessity of software reload
220-065 (Page 843) – For the inspection (Hardware interchangeability must be in
limits, refer to Table 803) was found. accordance to the AIPC). This
characteristic was always valid for the
GE was asked about similar occurrences. NIMs and extended to the DUs since
This kind of report is very unusual. Load 15.1 (E170) and Load 4.2 (E190),
and it is useful for saving time during the
EMBRAER provides this information in
troubleshooting procedure.
advance and communicates that this
issue is being followed up by GE. The
findings and possible root causes will
soon be properly communicated. Acronyms
ACM = Air Cycle Machine

AD = Airworthiness Directive

AIPC = Aircraft Illustrated Parts Catalog

AMM = Aircraft Maintenance Manual

ANAC = Agência Nacional de Aviação

Civil (Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority)

Figure 1 – Combustor liner Assembly AOM = Airplane Operations Manual

APU = Auxiliary Power Unit

BBS = Bleed Bias Sensor

BCM = Brake Control Module

BCV = Brake Control Valve

CAS = Crew Alerting System

CMC = Central Maintenance Computer

CMM = Component Maintenance Manual

Figure 2 – Combustor liner DLS = Data Load System

DMU = Data-Loader Management Unit

DU = Display Unit

EMM = Engine Maintenance Manual

FADEC = Full-Authority Digital Engine-

Control

FIM = Fault Isolation Manual

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GCU = Generator Control Unit

GPU = Ground Power Unit

IBIT = Initiated Built in Test

ITEM = Illustrated Tool and Equipment

Manual

ITT = Interstage Turbine Temperature

LRU = Line Replaceable Unit

MLG = Main Landing Gear

MMEL = Master Minimum Equipment List

NIM = Network Interface Module

OB = Operational Bulletins

OBV = Operability Bleed Valve

ODS = Overheat Detection System

P-ACE = Primary Actuator Controls

Electronics

PIL = Parts Information Letters

PN = Part Number

QAR = Quick Access Recorder

QRH = Quick Reference Handbook

RAT = Ram Air Turbine

RT = Remote Terminal

SB = Service Bulletin

SF-ACE = Slat/Flap Actuator Control

Electronic

SN = Serial Number

SNL = Service Newsletter

SPDA = Secondary Power Distribution

Assembly

Note: All abbreviations used in

EMBRAER Maintenance Manuals can be
found in the Introduction to AMM Part II.

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