What was found
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, FOUND A GOUGE APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES WIDE BY THREE INCHES TALL BY .011 INCHES DEEP IN THE SKIN APPROXIMATELY 17.5 INCHES FWD OF BS 16144.9. REPAIRED IAW EO 14-120-53-002.
- Difficulty date
- December 20, 2014
- Submitted
- January 22, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N96ZK
- Make and model
- Emb EMB120ER
- Aircraft serial
- 120096
- Aircraft time
- 45,827 hours, 47,143 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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