Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
November 28, 2016
Submitted
December 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N941LT
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500926
Aircraft time
28,759 hours, 24,423 cycles
Part
Skin
Part number
12020334048
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

DURING IMBV INSPECTION, QA FOUND THE FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN CRACKED AROUND 1 FASTENER AT FR78 LT BETWEEN STGR 5L-6L. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR IMBV INSPECTION AND WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER IMBV INSPECTION. INSTALLED BUSHING ON FUSELAGE EXTERNAL SKIN AT FR 78 LT SIDE BETWEEN STGR 5L-6L IAW SRM 53-32-01RE SECTION 9 AND ETN-EM-53-194 AND EM-53-276. AIRCRAFT WILL BE RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER IMBV INSPECTION.

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