Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 12, 2018
Submitted
May 28, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N646AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145213
Aircraft time
43,492 hours, 39,468 cycles
Part
Skin
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

LT UPPER AFT FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED IN 2 PLACES; PLACE1: JUST AFT OF FRAME 75 AND ABOVE STRINGER 2L CRACK IS APPROX. 3/8' LONG (MARKED), PLACE 2:SKIN CRACKED AT FIRST FASTENER BELOW STRINGER 2L ON FRAME 75, CRACK IS APPROX. 1/4" LONG. EASI #8071 USED WITH 50-500KHZ PROBE, FREQ=400 KHZ, V-GAIN=78.0, H-GAIN=65.0, LPF=100, ANGLE=134.-C/A-COMPLETE:PERFORMED DOUBLER REPAIR AT LT UPPER FR. 75 ABOVE STRINGER 2 IAW SRM 53-31-01.

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