BLEED LEAK AND FLAP FAIL EICAS MESSAGES RESULT IN E140 DECLARING AN EMER FOR LNDG.

2006-09 · NASA ASRS report 709580

Date: 2006-09 · Aircraft: EMB ERJ 140 ER/LR

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-overwt-lndg

Synopsis

BLEED LEAK AND FLAP FAIL EICAS MESSAGES RESULT IN E140 DECLARING AN EMER FOR LNDG.

Narrative

DURING CLB TO CRUISE ALT '1 BLEED LEAK' WARNING ILLUMINATED ON EICAS. COMPLETED PROCS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AOM AND LIGHT WENT OUT. NOTIFIED ATC OF PROB AND OUR LIMITATION OF FL250 AND FLT ONLY IN NON-ICING CONDITIONS. DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER AT THAT TIME. NOTIFIED MAINT AND DISPATCH. DUE TO SHORTCUTS IN FILED RTE AND FUEL MONITORING; THE FMS PROJECTED WE WOULD BE 300 LBS OVERWT FOR LNDG AT ZZZ. DISPATCH HAD COME UP WITH A SIMILAR RESULT. NOTIFIED ATC WE NEEDED LOWER AND TO SLOW DOWN TO BURN OFF FUEL. ABOUT 20 MINS FROM ZZZ; WE WERE AT 8000 FT; GEAR DOWN; FLAPS 9 DEGS AND 240 KTS. SEEING WE WERE STILL TOO HVY; I INFORMED APCH WE WOULD NEED 190 KTS (FOR FLAPS 22 DEGS) AND THAT WE WERE SLIGHTLY OVERWT. I ALSO REMINDED THEM OF OUR PREVIOUS BLEED LEAK PROB. WHEN BELOW 200 KTS; FLAPS 22 DEGS WAS SELECTED. WHEN FLAPS 22 DEGS WAS ESTABLISHED; THE 'FLAP FAIL' CAUTION ILLUMINATED. NO LIMITATIONS WERE EVER EXCEEDED. FLAPS WOULD NOT LOWER TO 45 DEGS FOR WET RWY LNDG/FUEL BURN. I ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMER AT THIS TIME WITH ZZZ APCH. LANDED SLIGHTLY OVERWT; BUT WITH A NORMAL LNDG AND ROLLOUT. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED TO PROCEED TO GATE. FLT ATTENDANT HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBS PRIOR TO LNDG; ASSURED THAT IT WAS MINOR IN NATURE BUT TO EXPECT TO SEE CFR FOLLOWING US ON LNDG. FO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF LNDG.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

Loading the flight search…

Frequently asked questions

How do I search flights by aircraft type on FlightFinder?

Pick an aircraft model — Boeing 737, Airbus A320, A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and more — enter your origin airport, and FlightFinder shows every route that plane flies from there with live fares.

Which aircraft types can I filter by?

We support Boeing 737/747/757/767/777/787, the full Airbus A220/A319/A320/A321/A330/A340/A350/A380 family, Embraer E170/E175/E190/E195, Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8, and the ATR 42/72 turboprops.

Is FlightFinder free to use?

Search and schedules are free. Pro ($4.99/month, $39/year, or $99 one-time lifetime) unlocks the enriched flight card — on-time stats, CO₂ per passenger, amenities, live gate & weather — plus My Trips with push alerts.

Where does the route data come from?

Live schedules come from Amadeus, AeroDataBox and Travelpayouts. Observed routes (which aircraft actually flew a given city pair) are crowdsourced from adsb.lol ADS-B data under the Open Database License.