Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
August 25, 2012
Submitted
August 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000244
Aircraft time
11,040 hours, 6,294 cycles
Engine
Ge CF348E5
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
Part time
11,040 hours, 6,294 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, UPPER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.320" & LOWER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.400". BOTH CRACKS ROUTED OUT AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS ON WO 538068-129 IAW ETD 2012-170-011528 AND EA E175-53-292 REV IR WO 609551.

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