What was found
WHILE PERFORMING FUEL LEAK INSPECTION IN PIT ON LEFT WING, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A FIVE INCH CRACK IN THE AFT SPAR LOCATED BETWEEN RIB 10 AND RIB 11. MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMING WING REPAIR PER ETD 2012-170-01018.
- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2012
- Submitted
- February 23, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N805MD
- Make and model
- Emb ERJ170100SU
- Aircraft serial
- 17000018
- Aircraft time
- 19,707 hours, 14,712 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5711 · Wing Spar
- Part
- Spar
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 19,707 hours, 14,712 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- E
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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