Service difficulty report · Stringer · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
February 7, 2021
Submitted
February 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N584SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120352
Aircraft time
32,932 hours, 44,324 cycles
Part
Stringer
Part number
12016085002
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
32,932 hours, 44,324 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE A FUEL LEAK WAS NOTED AT ACCESS PANEL 622EB. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL EVALUATED THE LEAK AND DETERMINED ITS SOURCE TO BE FROM A RIVET IN STRINGER 10 AT WING STATION Y-2343. AFTER REMOVING THE RIVET AND CLEANING THE AREA STRINGER 10 WAS FOUND CRACKED. THE CRACKED AREA WAS CUT OUT AND THE STRINGER WAS SPLICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMBRAER SRM 57-20-03. NDT WAS PERFORMED TO VERIFY NO OTHER CRACKS IN THE AREA AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE.

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