Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 13, 2020
Submitted
December 12, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145105
Aircraft time
45,698 hours, 42,926 cycles
Part
Trunnion
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

LT MLG AFT UPPER TRUNNION HAS POSSIBLE CRACK IN RADIUS ABOVE FASTENER. PERFORMED HFEC INSPECTION ON AFT UPPER TRUNNION AND FOUND TO BE CRACKED, IAW EASI NDT MANUAL NR 6581 (400 KHZ H 60.6 V72.6 ANGLE 127 DEGREES). REMOVED AND INSTALLED SERVICEABLE LT AFT TRUNNION, IAW AERNNOVA TI NR TI-145-14-018 LT REV F, ETD2020-145-032819 AND EO1-57-20--0421. SEE NRTC'S E827994, E828197, E828328,AND E828329 FOR STRUT REMOVAL, DOORS REMOVAL AND INSTALL SPOILER HYD LINESRAR AND CLAMPS AND CLAMP BLOCKS RAR.

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