Service difficulty report · Access Panel · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
October 1, 2023
Submitted
October 4, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12201
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
14500959
Aircraft time
38,998 hours, 25,279 cycles
Part
Access Panel
Part number
14576810401
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 1 Nacelle
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

E1 2 ACCESS PANELS OPEN UPON LANDING. PERFORMED GVI OF E1. NO DEFECTS FOUND. INSPECTED E1 COWLING (INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY) AND SURROUNDING AREA. FOUND THE AIR START VALVE ACCESS PANEL AND THE OIL SERVICE PANEL WERE LEFT OPEN IN FLIGHT. NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ON THE AIR START VALVE ACCESS PANEL AND THE PANEL WAS SECURED CLOSED. THE OIL SERVICE DOOR HINGE WAS FOUND BENT AND DISTORTED. FOUND 3 AREAS OF SCRATCHES/CRACKS ON THE LOWER COWL CAUSED BY THE OIL SERVICE DOOR. EACH SECTION OF DAMAGE ON THE LOWER COWL WAS NO MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN LENGTH AND FURTHER THAN 6 INCHES FROM EACH OTHER. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO RESECURE THE OIL SERVICE DOOR, THE RIVETS WERE REMOVED FROM THE OIL SERVICE DOOR HINGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED E1 LOWER COWLING.

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