Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
November 12, 2012
Submitted
November 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000259
Aircraft time
11,000 hours, 6,372 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
Part time
11,000 hours, 6,372 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 0.300" & LOWER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.280". BOTH CRACKS ROUTED OUT AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS IAW ETD 2012-170-015844.

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