What was found
APU TAIL CONE EXHAUST PIPE IS CRACKED AND TORN APPROXIMATELY 6 FT INSIDE THE TAILCONE AT THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION. REPLACED APU EXHAUST MUFFLER WITH A NEW EXHAUST MUFFLER IAW REF 49-81-15-4.
- Difficulty date
- March 3, 2008
- Submitted
- March 3, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N425FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A310203
- Aircraft serial
- 264
- Aircraft time
- 36,499 hours, 24,558 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4980 · APU Exhaust System
- Part
- Muffler
- Part number
- A4987040000600
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu
- 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.