What was found
FOUND APU FIREWALL TO HAVE FOUR CRACKS. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FIREWALL WITH NEW IAW EO EM-53AD-1883. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- August 27, 2012
- Submitted
- August 29, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N806AE
- Make and model
- Emb EMB135KL
- Aircraft serial
- 145503
- Aircraft time
- 25,765 hours, 23,773 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4910 · APU Cowling/Containment
- Part
- Firewall
- Part number
- 14547494403
- 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.