Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
January 26, 2016
Submitted
January 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N634AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145150
Aircraft time
38,874 hours, 35,506 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
14522229001
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

RIGHT UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED 2 PLACES, CRACK 1 IS JUST AFT OF FRAME 75, JUST ABOVE STRINGER 2R, CRACK IS APPROX 3/8" IN LENGTH. CRACK 2 IS ON FRAME 75, AT THE FIRST FASTENER BELOW STRINGER 2R, CRACK IS APPROX 1/4". EASI 8071 USED, 100-500 KHZ PROBE, FREQ=400 KHZ, V-GAIN=77.0, H-GAIN=64.0, LPF=100. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR OF RT UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN 2 PLACES, AT FRAME 75 JUST ABOVE 2R & FRAME 75 BELOW 2R IAW ERS-EM-53MR-1894.

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