Service difficulty report · Firewall · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
August 4, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920U
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3453
Aircraft time
6,605 hours, 21,023 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
4,684 hours, 11,083 cycles
Part
Firewall
Part number
350A5800460101
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 400
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 AAIP A1660 600 HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FWD ENG FIREWALL HAD A TOTAL OF 5 CRACKS IN 4 LOCATIONS. TWO OF THE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE UPPER LT & RT BEND ADJACENT TO THE END OF THE ENG COWLING HINGE CONSISTING OF 1 CRACK EACH APPROX 1 INCH IN LENGTH. THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS ARE ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE FIREWALL MIDWAY DOWN ON THE LT & RT SIDE JUST AS THE FIREWALL BENDS & CHANGES ANGLE. THESE LOCATIONS CONSIST OF 1 CRACK APPROX 5 INCH IN LENGTH ON THE DOUBLER & UNKNOWN LENGTH CRACK UNDERNEATH THE DOUBLER. THE LAST CRACK LENGTH UNKNOWN IS IN THE SAME LOCATION, OPPOSITE SIDE UNDERNEATH DOUBLER. A REPLACEMENT FIREWALL HAS BEEN ORDERED.

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