What was found
RIGHT AFT UPPER FUSELAGE APPEARS TO BE CRACKED, BETWEEN FRAMES 73 & 74, JUST BELOW DRAG ANGLE. DURING EVALUATION FOUND DAMAGE TO BE AT FRAME 75 LOCATION & NOT BETWEEN FRAMES 73 - 74, REPAIRED IAW ERS-EM-53MR-1842.
- Difficulty date
- December 21, 2015
- Submitted
- January 22, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N690AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 14500858
- Aircraft time
- 28,354 hours, 24,413 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 14522229005
- 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.