Service difficulty report · Frame · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
November 25, 2020
Submitted
December 22, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17138
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
145727
Aircraft time
43,996 hours, 27,442 cycles
Engine
Rroyce AE3007A1
Part
Frame
Condition
Corroded
Location
Rt Nacelle
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

RIGHT ENGINE, FORWARD FRAME AFT FLANGE TO COMPOSITE OUTER BYPASS DUCT HAS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OF CORROSION AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. UPON FURTHER EVALUATION THE LOCATIONS OF CORROSION FOUND ON RIGHT ENGINE, FORWARD FRAME AFT FLANGE HAS MIGRATED INTO THE MATING SURFACE OF COMPOSITE OUTER BYPASS DUCT LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMFERENCE LOCATIONS LOOKING FWD. AREA 1 IS LOCATED AT THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION MEASURING 14" IN LENGTH. AREA 2 IS LOCATED AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION MEASURING 18" IN LENGTH. AREA 3 EXTENDS FROM THE 5 O'CLOCK TO THE 10 O'CLOCK POSITION. PARTIALLY BLENDED AREA 2 CORROSION LOCATED AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION USING HAND METHOD. BLEND MEASURES LENGTH 1" WIDTH 0.5" BLENDED ACTIVE CORROSION AT AFT FLANGE SPLIT LINE FROM 2 O'CLOCK POSITION. THE 2-3 O'CLOCK POSITION DAMAGE WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE AFT SPLIT LINE, J-.013", H-10.1". THE 3-5 O'CLOCK POSITION DAMAGE IS IN CONTACT WITH THE AFT SPLIT LINE, BLEND 3-4 O'CLOCK POSITION J-N/A, H-6.1". BLEND 4-5 O'CLOCK POSITION J-0.019, H-7.7" DEPTH.

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