Embraer Phenom 100

Design

The Phenom 100 has an oval fuselage with a 7.985 m³ (282 ft³) passenger cabin, a 1.47 m-high by 0.74 m-wide (4.5'x2.1') door and 1.2'x1' windows. Its unpressurized cargo hold is 1.56 m³ (54.9ft³). Its structural life is 28,000 flight cycles or 35,000 hours, built of 20% composite materials.

It has capacity for four passengers in its normal configuration, but it can carry up to seven passengers with a single crew, with an optional side-facing seat and belted toilet. The cabin interior is designed by BMW DesignworksUSA.

The aircraft is fitted with two rear-mounted Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617-F turbofan engines rated at a takeoff thrust of 7.2 kN (1,695 lb) to ISA+10 °C. The engines have dual full authority digital engine control (FADEC). An automatic performance reserve (APR) feature boosts engine output to 1,777 lb in the event of engine failure on takeoff. Later model PW 617 F-E models have a ten-minute thrust rating at 1,820 lb.

It has a maximum flying range of 1,178 nmi (2,182 km) with four occupants and NBAA IFR Reserves.

Development

In April 2005 Embraer's Board of Directors approved the development of Very Light and Light jets. On November 9, the company announced at the annual NBAA convention that the very light jet would be called the Phenom 100, it also displayed a full-scale mock-up of the aircraft.

The aircraft first flew on July 26, 2007 at São José dos Campos, Brazil. It was awarded a type certificate from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Authority on December 9, 2008 The first aircraft was delivered on December 24, 2008.

Variants

Phenom 100

Initial production variant

Phenom 100E

Updated variant including multifunction spoilers.

Phenom 100EV Evolution

Weight savings and thrust increase from 1,695lb to 1,730lb shortening time to climb to 41,000ft from 33min to 25min and reducing takeoff distance at high-altitude and high-temperature airports from 6,609ft to 5,663ft. Garmin G3000 touch-screen flightdeck, entry-into-service planned for the first half of 2017 at a $4.495 million list price.

Operators

The aircraft is operated by private individuals, companies, fractionals, charter operators, aircraft management companies, and military operators.

Its 2009 price was US$ 3.6 million, and US$4.16 million in 2015. A Phenom 100 may cost around US$2-3/mile to operate.

Military

 Pakistan

Pakistan Air Force – four aircraft for transporting VIPs.

 United Kingdom

Royal Air Force - Operated as part of the UK Military Flying Training System. On 2 February 2016 the UK Ministry of Defence signed a contract KBR-Elbit Systems for the procurement and support of five Embraer Phenom 100 jets to train Royal Air Force and Royal Navy air crew until 2033.

Aircraft deliveries

Embraer was originally planning to deliver 15 Phenom 100s in 2008 and 120–150 aircraft in 2009 but it ended up delivering only two aircraft in 2008 and had to trim its 2009 plan to 97 aircraft. Embraer had about 30 orders in late 2014.

All Phenom assembly will be shifted to the Melbourne, Florida line from July 2016. The facility will be able to assemble up to 96 Phenoms and 72 Embraer Legacy 450/Embraer Legacy 500 annually. More than 170 Phenom jets have been produced at the site til June 2016, mainly for the US market.

Incidents and accidents

December 8, 2014: An Embraer Phenom 100 with tail number N100EQ crashed into a suburban home in Gaithersburg, MD, while on approach to runway at Montgomery County Airpark. Six people were killed, three in the plane, three in a home on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board report stated "Safety issues relate to the need for a system that provides automatic alerting when ice protection systems should be activated on turbofan airplanes that require a type rating and are certified for single-pilot operations and flight in icing conditions, such as the EMB-500; and the need for training for pilots of these airplanes beyond what is required to pass a check ride".

Specifications (Phenom 100EV)

Data from Embraer Phenom 100EV brochure

General characteristics

Crew: one pilot

Capacity: five to seven passengers

Payload:

Max : 755 kg (1,664 lb)

Full fuel : 253 kg (557 lb)

Length: 12.82 m (42 ft 1 in)

Wingspan: 12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)

Height: 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in)

Empty weight: 3275 kg (7221 lb)

Max. takeoff weight: 10,582 lb (4,800 kg)

Cabin altitude: 8,000 ft at 41,000 ft

Cabin height: 1.5 m (4.9 ft)

Cabin length: 3.35 m

Max landing weight: 9,877 lb (4,480 kg)

Max zero fuel weight: 8,885 lb (4,030 kg)

Fuel capacity: 2,804 lb (1,272 kg)

Powerplant: 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F1-E, 1,730 lbf (7.7 kN) of thrust each.

Performance

Maximum speed: M 0.70

Cruise speed: 750 km/h (405 kn)

Minimum controllable speed: 97 kn IAS

V_2min: around 108 ktas, depending on circumstances ()

Range: 2,182 km (LRC, four 200 lb occupants, NBAA IFR reserves with 100 nmi alternate) (1,178 nmi)

Service ceiling: 12,497 m (41,000 ft)

Hourly fuel burn (600 nmi trip, four 200 lb (91 kg) occupants, NBAA IFR Reserves. SL Takeoff, ISA)

1st hour - 109 US Gal (414 l)

2nd hour - 77 US Gal (292 l)

Take-off distance: 3,199 ft / 975 m (MTOW, SL, ISA)

Landing distance: 2,430 ft / 741 m (SL, ISA, four 200 lb occupants, NBAA IFR reserves with 100 nm alternate)

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