What was found
RUDDER 2 RT TRAILING EDGE HAD PULLED RIVETS, AND FOUND TO BE CRACKED .196 FROM A RIVET TO THE TRAILING EDGE. REPAIRED THE RUDDER TRAILING EDGE IAW ERS-EM-55MR-680.
- Difficulty date
- June 10, 2018
- Submitted
- June 18, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N648AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145225
- Aircraft time
- 42,713 hours, 39,185 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5542 · Rudder, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rudder
- 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.