Service difficulty report · Skin Panel · Emb ERJ170100LR

Difficulty date
March 18, 2016
Submitted
March 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N749CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170100LR
Aircraft serial
17000227
Aircraft time
18,841 hours, 14,653 cycles
Part
Skin Panel
Part number
1700338700103386
Condition
Corroded
Location
Fuselage
Part time
18,841 hours, 14,653 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING BASIC CHECK, DURING THE DAMAGE EVALUATION FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EA E170-53-070.3 UNDER DISPOSITION ETD2015-170-119167 FOR THE PERMANENT REPAIR, INSPECTION DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. MULTIPLE DENTS WERE FOUND ON THE LT FWD FUSELAGE SKIN PANEL, PN 170-03387-001, NEAR FRAME 11 BELOW STRINGER 18L, AFT OF & IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN INCOMING REPAIR DOUBLER THAT COVERS FWD SKIN PANELS PN 170-03387-001 & 170-03386-001. THE INCOMING REPAIR DOUBLER WAS REMOVED PER SRM PART II 51-41-02. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE ORIGINAL SKIN UNDERNEATH THE INCOMING REMOVED REPAIR DOUBLER, MORE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND. OIL CANNING WAS FOUND BETWEEN FRAME 9 & 10, STRINGER 17L & 18L. MULTIPLE FASTENER HOLE LOCATIONS, 19EA, COMMON TO THE INCOMING REPAIR DOUBLER WERE FOUND TO BE DRILLED INTO THE CHEM-MILLED POCKET RADIUS OF THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION SKIN. REFERENCE FIGURES 1 - 6 IDENTIFYING DAMAGE DETAILS. REQUESTED & RECEIVED ETD2016-170-025182 FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PERMANENT REPAIR BY DOUBLERS INSTALLATION. ENGINEERING HAS CLASSIFIED THIS REPAIR AS A MAJOR REPAIR. EO E170-53MR-031.1 WILL BE ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS, FOR DENTS BETWEEN FR10 - 13,STRINGER 18L-19L. TASK 53-10-016-0001 INTERNAL GVI THRESHOLD OF 24,731 FC OR 32,892 FH, INTERVAL OF 24,731 FC OR 32,892 FH, IS SUFFICIENT & IS MET USING THE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS, MPG & MRBR REVISION 1. FOR REPAIR DOUBLERS, EXTERNAL DET THRESHOLD TOGETHER WITH THE NEXT SSI SCHEDULED INSPECTION, INTERVAL OF 37,000 FC. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TASK IN MPG & MRBR REVISION 11 THAT COVERS THIS REQUIREMENT. THE EXTERNAL SDE SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MEANS OF A LFEC IN ORDER TO DETECT A CRACK ON THE SKIN UNDER THE DOUBLER. ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS MAJOR REPAIR IS ON EO E170-53MR-031 UNDER WO 2042803.

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