What was found
DURING IMBV INSPECTION, THE CARGO DOOR CUT OUT CENTER SILL WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. REPLACED THE CARGO DOOR CUT OUT CENTER SILL PER EMBRAER SRM (SRM-145/1142 REV 38) CHAPTER 51-40-02. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- December 18, 2007
- Submitted
- December 19, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N673AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145797
- Aircraft time
- 9,226 hours, 8,772 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Sill
- Part number
- 14525480
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Cargo Doorway
- Part time
- 145,797 hours, 9,226 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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