Service difficulty report · Firewall · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
September 23, 2013
Submitted
November 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986FD
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
28482
Aircraft time
38,201 hours, 13,942 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 FIREWALL AFT FACE GOUGED 10 INCHES TO THE RT OF LIGHT SWITCH. FOUND TO BE OUT OF LIMITS IAW SRM 53-80-08 FIG. 101 DETAIL IX, REPAIRED FIREWALL IAW SRM 53-80-08 FIG. 201 REPAIR 2, CAT. "A" MAJOR REPAIR.