Service difficulty report · Door · Cndair CL6002D24

Difficulty date
November 30, 2010
Submitted
December 2, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N162PQ
Make and model
Cndair CL6002D24
Aircraft serial
15162
Aircraft time
6,851 hours, 5,096 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Burned
Location
Nlg
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

LEFT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR HAS EVIDENCE OF FOUR (4) LIGHTNING DISCHARGES. THE DISCHARGES ARE AT THE LEADING AND OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE DOOR WITH SIZES RANGING FROM 0.10 INCH DAMAGE TO A 1.0 INCH BY 0.30 INCH AREA. ALL DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE PAINT / ALUMINUM MESH LAYER WITH NO EXPOSED OR FRAYED COMPOSITE LAYERS VISIBLE. TEMPORARY REPAIR IAW STS ENGINEERING EA 5-2010-293. AT THE NEXT C CHECK INTERVAL NOT TO EXCEED 5,000 FLIGHT HOURS AFTER ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SECTION I, ACCOMPLISH A PERMANENT REPAIR TO THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRJ-200 SRM 51-74-02.