Service difficulty report · Firewall · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
January 27, 2011
Submitted
February 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997FD
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
24738
Aircraft time
59,116 hours, 20,705 cycles
Part
Firewall
Condition
Gouged
Location
Apu Bay
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 COMPARTMENT, FIREWALL JUST ABOVE RT DOOR LATCH BRACKET GOUGE IN FIREWALL. GOUGE ON FIREWALL APU WEB FOUND OUT OF LIMITS ORIG. MAT. .016" LOSS .012" REMAINING .004" AS PER SRM 53-80-08 DET. IX FIG 101 P. 109. FABRICATED DOUBLER AS PER SRM 53-80-08 TABLE I FIG 201 P. 201, REPAIR 2. INSTALLED DOUBLER APU FIREWALL AS PER SRM 51-40-02. CATEGORY A REPAIR. MAJOR REPAIR.