Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
June 11, 2012
Submitted
June 11, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N628CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000233
Aircraft time
11,089 hours, 6,310 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
11,089 hours, 6,310 cycles
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

APU FIREWALL PANEL 351BZ, PN 170-50263-401 UPPER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.420" AND THE LWR FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.300". BOTH CRACKS ROUTED OUT AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS.

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