Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Systems Installed On Several Fixed And Rotary Wing
Aircraft
The FAA has issued an Special Airworthiness Information
Bulletin (SAIB) to advise owners and operators of incorrect
information transmitted by some models of the Honeywell NZ-2000
Primus Epic Flight Management System (FMS). The bulletin applies to
software having part number (P/N) VAR9XX, VAR10XX, or VAR11XX
installed on Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type Certificate
Previously Held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Model 4000 airplanes,
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model G-IV, GIV-X, and GV-SP
airplanes, Agusta AW-139 helicopters, and Cessna Aircraft Company
Model 680 airplanes.
During an RNAV approach an airplane programmed with NZ-2000 FMS
software (version 5.2), flew the WATTS THREE ARRIVAL (RNAV)
Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR). A different runway was
selected in the FMS during the STAR, and resulted in the FMS
navigating the airplane toward the initial STAR waypoint instead of
the next sequential STAR waypoint. As a result of this incident,
Honeywell International Inc. issued Service Information Letter,
D200909000044, dated October 15, 2009, to provide operators with
guidelines for flight plan modifications made on the ARRIVAL page,
including a destination runway change. The SAIB addresses the
Primus Epic FMS because its software was a derivative of the
NZ-2000 FMS software. For now, the FAA says the airworthiness
concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness
directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR) part 39.
The FAA recommends that all owners and operators of Model 4000
airplanes, Model G-IV, GIV-X, and GV-SP airplanes, Agusta AW-139
helicopters, and Model 680 airplanes with NZ-2000 Primus Epic
Flight Management System software ensure their flight crews are
familiar with the procedures outlined in Honeywell Service
Information Letter, D200909000044, dated October 15, 2009.
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