CTA - Program Management Branch (HGP) ERJ Certification Program SJC, 22 September 2004
Project Manager: Orchestrates project and gets the job done The Project Manager is the focal point for the project; they coordinate and direct the team effort and ensure things are kept moving.
Steps in the TC Process PMEngineerInpectorFTPAPP 1.Familiarization Meeting 2.Formal Application 3. Preliminary TC Board 4. Certification Plan 5. Technical Meetings 6. Pre-Flight TC Board 7. TIA 8. Conformity and Cert Flight Tests 9.AEG Determinations 10. Final TC Board 11. TC
Summary of figures adopted for planning Ref. CTA document “CTA Pre-conditions and Assumptions Used for Planning Purposes”, rev. 9
Development of criteria/figures Past certification programs (not necessarily documented) Actual measurements made throughout the EMB-135BJ and EMB-145XR certification programs Actual measurements made during the ERJ-170 program
TC activities breakdown Certification Tests –Ground tests –Flight tests Certification Reports Meetings and other Certification Activities Pre-TC Issuance Activities
Ground Tests August 20012,000 m-h December 2001 unchanged April 2002unchanged October 2002 unchanged April 2003unchanged April 2004*unchanged * final values
Flight Tests August FT hours (4,000 m-h) December 2001 unchanged April FT hours (2,400 m-h) October 2002unchanged April FT hours (2,600 m-h) Feb 2004**360 FT hours (2,900 m-h) ** Final values
Certification Reports August m-h per report December m-h per report* April 2002unchanged October m-h per report April m-h per report Feb m-h per report* * 12 m-h for a derivative model
Meetings and other certification activities Specialist meetings: 15 (2 days) m-h per specialist per week (156 weeks) Formal CTA certification meetings: 3 days per specialist per meeting (22 m-h) Support to FCAA meetings: 2 days per specialist per meeting (15 m-h) Published documents review and approval: 4,500 m-h total
Pre-TC Issuance Activities* (considered for planning purposes only after Dec. 2001) Completion of reports review Final stage of FCAR´s Aircraft engineering inspection pending issues Closing of all open items Preparation of final TCBM minutes TCDS preparation and release AFM and MRB final review, etc. *To be performed after final TCBM during a 30 calendar days period.
Specialists effective available time* August h/day December h/day April h/day October 2002unchanged April 2003unchanged April 2004unchanged *For all programs and activities
Specialists effective available time for activities other than certification programs* August h/day December 2001unchanged April 2002unchanged October 2002 unchanged April 2003unchanged April 2004unchanged *SB´s, SD´s, design changes, foreign project validations, training, etc.
CTA engineering work force August (average) 34 (total) December (average) 32 (peak) April (average) 40 ( peak) October (average) 42 (peak) April (average) 50 (total) April (average) 55 (total)
ERJ Schedule Embraer Application date (to CTA and FAA): 20 May 1999 Preliminary Type Certificate Board Meeting: 14 June 2000 First Flight: 19 February 2002 Preflight Board Meeting : November 2002 Certification flight tests started: November 2002 Final Type Certificate Board Meeting (1 st Phase): October 2003 Final Type Certificate Board Meeting (2 nd Phase): 17 February 2004 Type Certificate from CTA: 20 February 2004
ERJ 170 CTA Schedules Established in:CTA TC expected by: 1 st PTCBM (June 2002) October nd September March rd April March th October June th April 2003July th October 2003February 2004
Status Certification Activities (Estimated total m-h: m-h ) ActivitiesTotal Reports CTA (50%) Meetings156 weeks Support to FCAA4 Pre TC Activities4500 Ground Tests189 Flight Test360 flight hours
ERJ-170 – CTA flight test effort breakdown (360 h. over a 5-month time frame) (April 2003) AFM Performance30 Flying Qualities25 Stalls20 Flight Controls20 Powerplant / fuel15 APU05 Avionics25 Autopilot20 Natural icing / dry air40 Ice shapes15 Mech. Systems20 Hydraulic Systems05 Noise30 F & R50 Others40