Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
December 6, 2019
Submitted
February 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N204NN
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000477
Aircraft time
13,409 hours, 8,429 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING THE BASIC CHECK IN BNA, CRACK DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN TWO LOCATIONS, FRONT AND BACK, NEAR THE UPPER AND LOWER CORNERS OF THE RH APU FIREWALL REMOVABLE PANEL P/N 170-50263-401 ON AIRCRAFT N204NN. REFERENCE FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5 FOR DAMAGE LOCATION DETAILS. BOTH DAMAGE LOCATIONS CAN BE PERMANENTLY REPAIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SRM 53-31-21/REPAIR 02. THE TYPE III AND TYPE IV REPAIRS CAN BE USED ON THE WEB ON THE FRONT AND REINFORCEMENT ON THE BACK RESPECTIVELY BY CUTTING OUT THE DAMAGE AND INSTALLING DOUBLERS. BOTH REPAIR TYPES WILL REQUIRE THEIR OWN DOUBLERS. THE APU FIREWALL IS NOT FCS, BUT THIS REPAIR REQUIRES FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS PER SRM 53-31-21/REPAIR 02. EA E175-53-1140.1 WILL BE ISSUED TO ACCOMPLISH THESE SUPPLEMENTAL FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS OF THE REPAIR EVERY 10,000FC. COMPASS ENGINEERING HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS A MINOR REPAIR. WORK ORDER 2798864

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