Service difficulty report · Beam · Emb ERJ190100IGW

Difficulty date
May 17, 2020
Submitted
May 21, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179JB
Make and model
Emb ERJ190100IGW
Aircraft serial
006
Aircraft time
39,399 hours, 25,543 cycles
Part
Beam
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

DURING HEAVY MAINTENANCE, TWO CRACKS WERE FOUND ON THE CENTER FUSELAGE II MIDDLE FLOOR STRUCTURE LH LONGITUDINAL BEAM P/N 190-22016-403 AT FR 49 AND AT Y782 (LH). THE E-190 SRM II 53-22-10 DOES NOT PROVIDE ALLOWABLE DAMAGE LIMITS OR REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS DAMAGE. AEROMAN CONTACTED EMBRAER FOR REPAIR DISPOSITION, WHICH PROVIDED THE REF.(2) ETD REPAIR, CONSISTED OF REMOVING THE DAMAGE COMPLETELY BY A TRIMMING OUT, FABRICATING AND INSTALLING A REPAIR DOUBLER TO MATCH THE CONTOUR THE LONGITUDINAL BEAM WITH FILLER AND RESTORING THE ORIGINAL FINISHING ON THE REPAIR AREA. AEROMAN HAS ISSUED THE REF.(1) EA ACCOMPLISHING THE REPAIR, AND THIS EC INCORPORATES THIS EA WITHOUT DEVIATION; THIS REPAIR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE REF.(2) EMBRAER ETD AND ANAC APPROVAL. THIS REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR CATEGORY ""A"" PERMANENT REPAIR.

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