What was found
THE AFT UPPER SKIN HAD NUMEROUS CRACKS. REMOVED THE AFT UPPER SKIN IAW SRM 51-40-02. LOCATED, DRILLED, COUNTERSUNK, TRIMMED AND ALODINED THE NEW SKIN IAW SRM 51-20-03, 51-40-06, AND CPM 51-21-04. INSTALLED THE SKIN IAW SRM 51-40-02.
- Difficulty date
- June 9, 2018
- Submitted
- June 11, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N900AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 14500885
- Aircraft time
- 32,870 hours, 28,124 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 12020334047
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Frames 77-81
- 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.