AD 2010-09-04

final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc., Primus EPIC and Primus APEX Flight Management Systems, Installed on, but not Limited to, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 Airplanes, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E Airplanes

AD Number
2010-09-04
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2010-0385
FR Citation
75 FR 22519

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Embraer Various Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc., Primus EPIC and Primus APEX Flight Management Systems, Installed on, but not Limited to, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 Airplanes, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E Airplanes
aircraft Pilatus Aircraft Ltd Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc., Primus EPIC and Primus APEX Flight Management Systems, Installed on, but not Limited to, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 Airplanes, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E Airplanes
engine Honeywell International Inc Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell International Inc., Primus EPIC and Primus APEX Flight Management Systems, Installed on, but not Limited to, Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 Airplanes, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Software anomalies in Honeywell Primus EPIC and Primus APEX flight management systems can cause misleading navigational guidance, leading to an airplane departing from its scheduled flight path.

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Required Actions

Revise the Limitations section of the airplane flight manual to incorporate procedures necessary to recover from or work around the identified software anomalies.

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Compliance Time

Before further flight

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Affected Aircraft

Honeywell International Inc. Primus EPIC and Primus APEX flight management systems installed on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 airplanes, and Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-12/47E airplanes.

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