Service difficulty report · Skin · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 20, 2019
Submitted
November 14, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N932AE
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
14500915
Aircraft time
35,983 hours, 30,499 cycles
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Nacelle
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LH COWL DMG FOUND DURG PRE FLIGHT.DAMAGE #1: LH LWR COWL 14.5" OTBD OF OIL SERV DOOR BOTTOM EDGE. PUNCTURE DUE TO BOLT ON CLAMP ON BLD TUBE BTWN ATS AND ATS VLV WITH CRACKS. CRACK L 1.5" WITH 2 LATERAL CRACKS OF 0.5" AND 0.25" FOR TOTAL W 0.75". PROTRUSION DEPTH H= 0.029". AT 6 O'CLOCK POSTION. REF NRWC 932-CMH-03929 FOR CLAMP REPOSITION.-C/A-DEFERRED PER ERS-EM-54DF-802 TDMI AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 932T5460. PERFORMED LH COWL SKIN WITH PUNCTURE AND CRACK RECURRING INSPECTION IAW ERS-EM-54DF-802 PTC TDMI REMAINS OPEN. PERFORMED LH LOWER COWLING SKIN WITH DENT AND SCRATCH RECURRING INSPECTION IAW ERS-EM-54DF-801 PTB TDMI REMAINS OPEN. C/W ERS-EM-54DF-802 PTB AS REQUIRED BY TDMI 932T5460. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. C/W PERMANENT REPAIR IAW ERS# ERS-EM-54DF-802 PART D & C/W PERMANENT REPAIR IAW ERS# ERS-EM-54DF-801 PART C. TDMI ITEM RESTORED.

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