SDR COMA9710209

Service difficulty report · Frame · Emb EMB120RT

Difficulty date: March 27, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N266CA
Make and model: Emb EMB120RT
Aircraft serial: 120258
System (JASC): 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
Part: Frame
Condition: Burned
Location: Apu Compt
Part time: 13,083 hours
Stage of operation: IN
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

ON 2C TAS K 313-01Z, FUSELAGE FRAME 52 CANTED FRAME, UPPER HALF, WAS FOUND DAMAGED BY ARCING OF THE APU GENERATOR WIRE TERMINALS BOLTED TO THE FRAME. THE FRAME UPPER HALF WAS REPLACED PER SRM CHAP 51 STANDARD PRACTICES AND THE APU FIREWALL WAS REPAIRED PER SRM 53-30-04, FIGURE 202.

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