What was found
DURING MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT SKIN WAS FOUND TO BE GOUGED UNDER THE GPU DOOR. MAINTENANCE CUT OUT THE DAMAGE AND INSTALLED A DOUBLER AND FILLER REPAIR, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- April 4, 2016
- Submitted
- April 7, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N11548
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145565
- Aircraft time
- 36,908 hours, 28,281 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 12306513007
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Not Reported
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.