SDR C77A420932

Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb ERJ170200LR

Difficulty date
July 11, 2011
Submitted
July 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603CZ
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200LR
Aircraft serial
17000176
Aircraft time
10,470 hours, 6,107 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
17050263401
Condition
Cracked
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
10,470 hours, 6,107 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

DURING BASIC 2 CHECK, CRACKS WERE FOUND IN A CUTOUT IN PANEL 351BZ OF THE APU FIREWALL. EAMS REQUESTED A PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE CRACKED AREAS. THE CRACKS WERE ROUTED OUT AND THEN NDI INSPECTED FOR FURTHER CRACKS, NONE WERE OBSERVED AND THE REPAIR WAS CONSIDERED PERMANENT.

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