Service difficulty report · Firewall · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
April 22, 2002
Submitted
May 10, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605AW
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
543
Aircraft time
15,445 hours, 6,421 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
D535852622118
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

YWG - MAJOR REPAIR - DURING C-04 CHECK A CRACK WAS FOUND ON APU FIREWALL, RT SIDE (22WG), AT FIRE/OVERHEAT DETECTOR MOUNT BRACKET. MAINTENANCE REMOVED EXISTING CRACK ON LOWER FIREWALL SECTION AND BLENDED SHARP EDGES PER SRM CHAPTER 51 PROCEDURES, PERFORMED DVI TO VERIFY NO CRACKS EXIST. WELDED DAMAGED AREA, AND INSTALLED FILLER TO FILL VOIDS, BLENDED WELD TO ORIGINAL CONTOUR. ACCOMPLISHED REPAIR PER AWA ER 26-5350-02123-TB2.

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