Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
September 14, 2012
Submitted
September 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N634CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000246
Aircraft time
10,884 hours, 6,370 cycles
Engine
Ge CF348E5
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
10,884 hours, 6,370 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 0.360" & LOWER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.280". BOTH CRACKS ROUTED OUT AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS ON WO 551823-322 IAW ETD 2012-170-012686 AND EA E175-53-302, REV IR WO 622384.

More about the Emb ERJ 170-200 LR