What was found
APU EXHAUST ACOUSTIC INTERNAL LINER IS CRACKING AND DETERIORATED THROUGHOUT DUCT, PIECES AS LARGE AS 4 INCH BY 10 INCH ARE MISSING. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU EXHAUST MUFFLER AS PER AMM 49-81-15.
- Difficulty date
- October 10, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N403FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A310203
- Aircraft serial
- 230
- System (JASC)
- 4980 · APU Exhaust System
- Part
- Muffler
- Part number
- A4987040000200
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.