Service difficulty report · Firewall · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 31, 2018
Submitted
January 1, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N844HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145838
Aircraft time
27,886 hours, 25,894 cycles
Part
Firewall
Condition
Cracked
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 IS CRACKED AT RT SIDE AT 1:00 O'CLOCK POSITION. FOUND CRACKED AREA AROUND RIVET IN PROFILE AREA. FABRICATED DOUBLER AND FILLER TO MAKE FINAL REPAIR. REMOVED CRACKED AREA AROUND UPPER PROFILE RIVET AREA. INSTALLED FILLER AND DOUBLER FOR FINAL REPAIR OF DAMAGED AREA.

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