Service difficulty report · Flange · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 23, 2008
Submitted
October 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N13913
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145438
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A12
Part
Flange
Part number
23078008
Part serial
16567
Condition
Corroded
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
18,649 hours, 14,008 cycles
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.

What was found

ACFT WAS IN FOR A 3C INSPECTION AND THE NR 1 ENGINE FORWARD BOLT FLANGE WAS FOUND CORRODED. 2 BOLT HOLES AT NR 29 AND NR 45 WERE FOUND IF REPAIRED WOULD RESULT IN BEING BEYOND THE MM LIMITS AND REPAIR OF THE HOLES WOULD RESULT IN A THINWALL CONDITION. ALL OTHER CORROSION WAS WITHIN LIMITS. THE BOLT HOLES WERE REPAIRED BY PERFORMING A KEYHOLE REPAIR AND INSTALLING REINFORCEMENT PLATES PER SERVICE BULLETIN AE3007A-72-247. ALL WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN REFERENCE TO THE SB AND WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE CHECK.

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