Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170100LR

Difficulty date
March 23, 2013
Submitted
March 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N746CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170100LR
Aircraft serial
17000180
Aircraft time
12,959 hours, 11,563 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 300
Part time
12,959 hours, 11,563 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 UPPER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.400" & LOWER FLANGE IS CRACKED 0.500". X=26290.0. BOTH CRACKS ROUTED OUT AND NDT PERFORMED VERIFYING NO MORE CRACKING EXISTS ON WO 693815-313 IAW ETD 2013-170-004515 AND COMPASS EA E170-53-021 REV IR WO 708770.

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