Service difficulty report · Firewall · Casa C212CC

Difficulty date
December 13, 2020
Submitted
January 7, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1331C
Make and model
Casa C212CC
Aircraft serial
265
Aircraft time
14,985 hours, 10,393 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110R
Part
Firewall
Part number
NONE
Part serial
NA
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nacelle
Part time
14,986 hours, 10,393 cycles
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

NR 1 AND 2 ENGINE AFT SIDE OF FIREWALL LOWER DOUBLERS FOUND CRACKED NEAR OUTER EDGE OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER MOUNT FITTINGS. REPAIRED BOTH LT AND RT CRACKED DOUBLERS ON BOTH ENGINE FIREWALLS BY INSERTION OF NEW DOUBLER SECTIONS OF SIMILAR THICKNESS AND SIZE, USING MONEL RIVETS OF SIMILAR SIZE AT ALL 4 LOCATIONS, IAW CASA TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION TI212-0058 REV 00.