- Difficulty date
- July 11, 2014
- Submitted
- July 13, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145XR
- Aircraft serial
- 14500808
- Aircraft time
- 27,558 hours, 15,989 cycles
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Gouged
- Location
- Zone 100
- 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
VENTRAL FUEL TANK HAS .045 GOUGE ON LOWER SURFACE UNDER FUSELAGE SKID AFT FAIRING. BLENDED GOUGE TO SMOOTH CONTOUR. INSTALLED DOUBLER AND REWORKED AFT FAIRING UPPER SURFACE EDGE TO OBTAIN CLEARENCE. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR IAW ETD2014-145-054344 AND EC 2810-01075, DATED 2 JUL 2014, WO 80235; WC 1221.