Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
December 2, 2019
Submitted
February 5, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000213
Aircraft time
31,502 hours, 19,578 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING BASIC CHECK IN BNA, CRACK DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THE FLANGE RADII OF THE LOWER CORNER ON THE RH APU FIREWALL REMOVABLE PANEL P/N 170-50263-401 FROM AIRCRAFT N619CZ MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.100 INCHES. EAMS REQUESTED RELIEF FOR A PERMANENT REPAIR AND WAS PROVIDED ETD2013-170-059175, WHICH ALLOWED THE CRACK TO BE ROUTED OUT AND THEN NDT INSPECTED FOR CRACK TERMINATION. EA E175-53-395.1 WAS LATER ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH SUPPLEMENTAL FOLLOW-ON INSPECTIONS OF THE REPAIR EVERY 10,000FC AS REQUIRED BY ETD2013-170-059175. AT A LATER BASIC CHECK, ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AT THE PANEL UPPER AND LOWER CORNERS. THE SRM PART II 53-31-21/REPAIR 02 REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED, WHICH CUT OUT THE DAMAGE AT THE UPPER AND LOWER CORNERS AND INSTALLED A DOUBLER IN THE LOWER CORNER. AT THE SUBSEQUENT B6 BASIC CHECK, NEW CRACK DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LOWER REPAIR DOUBLER. REFERENCE FIGURE 1 FOR DETAILS. THE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER REPAIR DOUBLER CAN BE REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE REPAIR DOUBLER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM PART II 53-31-21/REPAIR 02 TYPE III. COMPASS ENGINEERING HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS A MINOR REPAIR. THE APU FIREWALL PANEL IS NOT FCS, BUT IT REQUIRES FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS PER SRM PART II 53-31-21/REPAIR 02. EA E175-53-395.3 WILL BE ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOW-ON INSPECTIONS OF THE DOUBLER REPAIRS EVERY 10,000FC. EORK ORDER 2793447

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