Service difficulty report · Firewall · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
June 27, 2013
Submitted
June 28, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N230AM
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0540
Aircraft time
2,904 hours
Part
Firewall
Part number
L716M2161802
Condition
Cracked
Location
Eng Compartment
Part time
2,904 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

ON DAILY INSPECTION DISCOVERED MISSING FASTENER IN FIREWALL BETWEEN ENGINES DISASSEMBLED FIREWALL AND FOUND FASTENER HAD PULLED THROUGH CRACKED AREA OF FIREWALL, PN L716M2162802. REPAIRED FIREWALL BY STOP DRILLING CRACKS, CUTTING AWAY CRACKED AREA AND ATTACHING LOCALLY FABRICATED PATCH OF .020" TITANIUM SHEET WITH MS20615-3M3 RIVETS. ALL WORK IAW AEC EC135 AMM AND AC 43.13-1B CHAPTER 4, SECTION 4 FIREWALL AND COWLINGS REASSEMBLED

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