Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
July 10, 2011
Submitted
July 14, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N307FL
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500032
Aircraft time
232 hours, 158 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
50536910403
Condition
Cracked
Location
Inlet
Part time
232 hours, 158 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

DURING RECURRING INSP OF ENGINE INLETS, ADDITIONAL CRACKS AND MISSING/DAMAGED FASTENERS WERE FOUND ON THE RT ENGINE INLET. THE FASTENERS WERE REPLACED. ADDITIONAL C/A REQUIRE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INLET WITH A -405 UNIT; IN THE MEAN TIME, THE ACFT MFG HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IS ACCEPTABLE AND HAS ALLOWED THE INLET TO CONTINUE IN SERVICE WITH ADDITIONAL PERIODIC INSP REQUIREMENTS. THE INLET WILL BE REPLACED AT A LATER DATE.

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