What was found
DURING C CHECK, FOUND APU FIREWALL CRACKED AT THE RT SIDE 03:00 POSITION. MX REPAIRED THE APU FIREWALL IAW EC 5330-02578, FIG 8. CUT OUT THE DAMAGE AREA AND REPLACED IT WITH A DOUBLER AND FILLER ALL IAW EC 5330-02578.
- Difficulty date
- July 25, 2012
- Submitted
- July 26, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N16976
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145ER
- Aircraft serial
- 145171
- Aircraft time
- 31,027 hours, 23,113 cycles
- Engine
- Rroyce AE3007A1P
- System (JASC)
- 4910 · APU Cowling/Containment
- Part
- Firewall
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu Bay
- 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.