Embraer ERJ-190 Series Aeroplanes
Embraer ERJ-190 Series Aeroplanes
Embraer ERJ-190 Series Aeroplanes
| AD/ERJ-190/11 | Hydraulic Tube Clamps in the Fuel Tanks | 7/2008 |
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| Applicability: | Embraer ERJ-190 aircraft. |
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| Requirement: | Replace clamps P/N PE27019RF4E and PE27019RF6E which attach the hydraulic tubes inside the wing fuel tanks by new ones bearing P/N PE27019FS4E and PE27019FS6E, respectively.The detailed instructions and procedures to accomplish this AD are described in Embraer Service Bulletin No. 190-29-0003 original issue, or further revisions approved by the ANAC.Note: AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE AVIAÇÃO CIVIL - BRAZIL AD 2007-04-02R1 dated 21 December 2007 refers. |
| Compliance: | Within the next 8000 flight hours after 10 May 2007, unless previously accomplished. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 3 July 2008. | |
| Background: | A few hydraulic system tube clamps located inside the wing fuel tanks were found damaged. Further analysis has shown that damage to multiple clamps may cause sparks inside the tanks, which in turn may lead to ignition of flammable vapours inside the fuel tanks. |
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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
22 May 2008