# Proposed AD FAA-2012-0423: Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2012-16-09
- Products: Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: May 1, 2012, 77 FR 25644
- Comments due: June 15, 2012
- Became: [AD 2012-16-09](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2012-16-09)
- Docket: FAA-2012-0423 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2012-0423, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2011-NM-095-AD
- FR document: 2012-10485
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/63/a7/63a708f2785aa719706dd2bee2c95307acfdf271db099d087a08da733c881d68 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-01/pdf/2012-10485.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/05/01/2012-10485/airworthiness-directives-empresa-brasileira-de-aeronautica-sa-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3197370670A9D89F862579F1004F38E5.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2012-0423

## Summary

We propose to supersede two existing airworthiness directives (AD) that apply to all Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 airplanes. The existing ADs currently require revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to introduce limitations for the use of auxiliary power unit (APU) bleed and to prohibit dispatch with a failed air management system (AMS) controller card. Since we issued those ADs, we have determined that replacing the controller processor modular cards of the AMS is necessary. This proposed AD would add a requirement for replacing the AMS controller processor module with one containing new software, and would require a new AFM revision. We are proposing this AD to prevent the possibility of a right-hand (RH) engine compressor stall after the APU becomes the active bleed source for the left side, which may result in an engine failure; and to prevent the intermittent communication failure between the AMS controller cards and both secondary power distribution assemblies (SPDAs), which could lead to the loss of automatic activation of the engine inlet ice protection system when flying in icing conditions, which could result in ice accretion in the engine inlet and subsequent dual engine failure.

## Notices in this docket

- May 1, 2012: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2012-10485, comments due Jun 15, 2012 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/05/01/2012-10485/airworthiness-directives-empresa-brasileira-de-aeronautica-sa-airplanes)

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.