Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
April 3, 2011
Submitted
April 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N377SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145579
Aircraft time
24,441 hours, 19,363 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
21,842 hours, 21,453 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
TX
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

WHILE MOVING THE JET BRIDGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE JET BRIDGE MADE CONTACT AIRCRAFT DAMAGING THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, AOA VANE, TAT SENSOR, ICE DETECTOR, AND THE PITOT PROBE. AOA VANE, TAT SENSOR, ICE DETECTOR AND PITOT PROBE WERE REPLACED AND A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO KCMH FOR FURTHER REPAIR. IN KCMH STRINGER 15L WAS REPLACED BETWEEN 7L AND 12L ALONG WITH THE SHEAR CLIP AT FRAME 9 BETWEEN STRINGERS 13L AND 15L, THE SHEAR CLIP AT FRAME 9 BETWEEN STRINGERS 15L AND 18L, THE LEFT FORWARD SHORT FRAME BETWEEN FRAMES 9 AND 10, THE NUMBER 8 SHEAR CLIP AT STRINGERS 11L TO 13L, THE SHEAR CLIP BETWEEN STRINGERS 13L AND 15L. FRAME 10 ALSO HAD A SPLICE REPAIR INSTALLED.

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