Service difficulty report · Baffle · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
November 21, 2012
Submitted
November 24, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N693CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000262
Aircraft time
10,974 hours, 6,291 cycles
Part
Baffle
Part number
17050150001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tail Cone
Part time
10,974 hours, 6,291 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 TAIL CONE BAFFLE NR 6, HAS A 0.550" CRACK AT 3 O'CLOCK POSITION AT THRU FLANGE, 6 RIVET ROWS AFT OF FRAME 100, X=31229.19 Y=146.94 TO 159.64. PERFORMED WELDING OF CRACK IAW NE SPEC 40-056. VISUALLY INSPECTED AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS.

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