What was found
DURING B-INSPECTION FOUND APU FIREWALL CRACKED UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACEMENT OF APU FIREWALL IAW PT D OF EO EM-5300-1931. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 20, 2012
- Submitted
- March 1, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N618AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB145LR
- Aircraft serial
- 145097
- Aircraft time
- 30,120 hours, 28,247 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5312 · Fuselage Main, Bulkhead
- Part
- Firewall
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.