Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 23, 2015
Submitted
December 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N691AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500860
Aircraft time
28,601 hours, 24,329 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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 UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN HAS 2 CRACKS, CRACK 1 IS AT FRAME 75 & ABOVE STRINGER 2L, CRACK IS 1" LONG. CRACK 2 IS AT FRAME 75 OFF OF THE FIRST FASTENER BELOW STRINGER 2L, CRACK IS APPROX 1/4" LONG, EASI 8071 USED, 100-500 KHZ PROBE, FREQ= 400KHZ, V-GAIN= 77.0, H-GAIN=65.0, LPF=-100. SATISFACTORY ACCOMPLISHED THE REPAIR OF 2 CRACKS ON LT UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN AT FRAME 75 ABOVE STRINGER 2L, & OFF OF THE FIRST FASTENER BELOW STRINGER 2L IAW ERS-EM-53MR-1828. SEE WIP & TASK ENTRIES FOR DETAILS.

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