# N271AY: Airbus Industrie A330-323, registration cancelled 2023-02-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 26, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Airbus Industrie A330-323](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a330-323) (registry code 3930335)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A46NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A46NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0323
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: December 30, 2015
- Last registry action: October 25, 2021
- Mode S code: A2AA4A
- Owner when cancelled: [American Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.8240° N, 97.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76155, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N271AY
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=271AY
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271AY-2023-02-26

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Airbus Industrie A330-323: https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a330-323.md

## Service difficulty reports (293, newest 50)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR AALA201912249014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201912249014), Dec 23, 2019: ADC. FAULTED. AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS F/O AIR DATA COMPUTER FAILED ON TAKEOFF ROLL CAME BACK SHORTLY AFTER. MAINTENANCE REPORTS PFR REPORTED ADM6 (19FP6) IAW TSM
- [SDR AALA201912209008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201912209008), Dec 19, 2019: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT IN BASE VISIT: MAINTENANCE REPORTS DURING OPERATIONAL TEST OF EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM MCDU SHOWS EPSU 3L (15WL) / DEU B (300RH5) IN PASSENGER CABIN. REP
- [SDR AALA2019121769030](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2019121769030), Dec 15, 2019: ACTUATOR. NO TEST. AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: DAMPING EFFECT AT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR 3R DID NOT PASS TEST. REPLACED DOOR DAMPER (ACTUATOR) PER AMM 52-22-14-400-801-A AND PERFORM
- [SDR AALA2019121769045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2019121769045), Dec 13, 2019: ACTUATOR. NO TEST. AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: DAMPING EFFECT AT EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR 3L DID NOT PASS TEST. REPLACED DOOR DAMPER (ACTUATOR) PER AMM 52-22-14-400-801-A AND PERFORM
- [SDR AALA201912169014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201912169014), Dec 13, 2019: LOCK. NO TEST. AIRCRAFT IN BASE VISIT: MAINTENANCE REPORTS DONT PASS OPERATIONAL TEST CHECK OF ESCAPE SLIDE LOCKING MECHANISM ICE PROTECTION (4DH) FWD CHANNEL IN FWD AVIONIC C
- [SDR AALA201910239003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201910239003), Oct 22, 2019: THROTTLE. SURGES. AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS WHEN ENGAGED WITH AP1 THE AUTO THROTTLES SURGED(BETWEEN 1.1 & CLIMB MAINTAINED ALTITUDE FL 350 & AIRSPEED MACH .82 THE ENTI
- [SDR AALA201909109006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201909109006), Sep 9, 2019: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: MAINTENANCE REPORTS EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES FAIL TEST WHILE ACCOMPLISHING JOB CARD 33C20033002. REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL 8 BATTERIES WI
- [SDR AALA201905279008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201905279008), May 26, 2019: CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: SEAT 3A EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE REINSTALLED WIRING PIN CONNECTOR AT SEAT 3A CONNECTOR 5450VC7 PER AWM 33-51-21.
- [SDR AALA201905109010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201905109010), May 9, 2019: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLASHLIGHT AT 3L REPORTED INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED FLASHLIGHT BATTERY AT DOOR 3L AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHEC
- [SDR AALA201904249008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201904249008), Apr 23, 2019: SMOKE DETECTOR. FALSE ACTIVATION. AIRCRAFT NOT GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS SMOKE LAVATORY SMOKE ECAM WITH MASTER WARNING AND CRC FOR 3 SECONDS. LAV 11 AND LAC 33 SHOWED RED LIGHT FLASH OVER DOOR, OC
- [SDR AALA201902279005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201902279005), Feb 26, 2019: BATTERY. WEAK. CAPTAIN`S EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT BATTERY WAS WEAK. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.
- [SDR AALA201901229022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201901229022), Jan 21, 2019: CIRCUIT BREAKER. FAILED. ODOR OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, FWD CABIN, AND CENTER GALLEY. DESCRIBED AS BURNING PLASTIC. COMPLETED JC 33L00021001. FOUND THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR TO BE THE MID-G
- [SDR AALA201812189033](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201812189033), Dec 14, 2018: CONTROL UNIT. NO TEST. HEAT CONTROL UNIT 10DH FAILED TO TEST. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CONTROL UNIT IAW JC 33-0533-8-0007/001, AND PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY OPS CHECK.
- [SDR AALA2018112639027](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2018112639027), Nov 22, 2018: BATTERY. INOPERATIVE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT FLASHLIGHT LED DOES NOT FLASH. REPLACED THE FLASHLIGHT BATTERY IAW AMM 25-60-02.
- [SDR AALA201810029009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201810029009), Sep 30, 2018: COMPRESSOR. STALLED. DURING INITIAL TAKE OFF, EXPERIENCED TWO VIOLENT COMPRESSOR STALLS ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. REJECTED TAKE OFF AND RETURNED BACK TO GATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FR
- [SDR AALA2018080769031](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2018080769031), Aug 2, 2018: OVEN. ODOR. MID-GALLEY OVEN NR 2 HAD ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. REPLACED THE NR 2 OVEN IAW AMM 25-35-19-0401. OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.
- [SDR AALA2018051749035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2018051749035), May 12, 2018: POWER SUPPLY. NO TEST. DURING A A03 CHECK, EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST, ACTIVE CLASS 1 FAULT CIDS 1335100 EXIT SIGNS, EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY UNIT 3R 16WL. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY IAW AMM 3
- [SDR AALA2018051749034](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2018051749034), May 12, 2018: POWER SUPPLY. NO TEST. DURING A A03 CHECK, EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST, ACTIVE CLASS 1 FAULT CIDS 1 335100 EXIT SIGNS/EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY UNIT 3L 15WL. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY IAW AMM 3
- [SDR AALA2018042699001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA2018042699001), Apr 21, 2018: SIGN. DETACHED. R3 EXIT SIGN HANGING DOWN. REPLACED THE EXIT SIGN HOUSING IAW 33-51-17.
- [SDR AALA201804199014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201804199014), Apr 15, 2018: SIGN. BROKEN. EXIT SIGN ON THE L3 DOOR WAS FOUND BROKEN. REPLACED THE SIGN IAW AMM 33-51-00-710-804-A.
- [SDR AALA201803279029](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201803279029), Mar 25, 2018: LIGHT. DETACHED. EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT AT L3 JUMP SEAT. HANGING BY WIRES ONLY. REPLACED THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN IAW AMM 33-51-17. OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- [SDR AALA201803019022](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201803019022), Feb 28, 2018: GIRT BAR. DIRTY. L4 DOOR ARMING KNOB WILL NOT MOVE FULLY TO THE ARMED POSITION. REMOVED DEBRIS FROM GIRT BAR SLIDER.
- [SDR AALA201802269037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201802269037), Feb 24, 2018: FLASHLIGHT. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. R1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT INOP. REPLACED R1 DOOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT FLASHLIGHT.
- [SDR AALA201802059005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201802059005), Jan 24, 2018: PIN. CORRODED. CORRODED ACTUATOR LOWER ARM FITTING PIN. REPLACED THE PIN IAW AMM 27-44-51-400-801-A.
- [SDR AALA201802089045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201802089045), Jan 17, 2018: STRINGER. CRACKED. CRACK INDICATION FOUND ON STRINGER 14R AND 1.125 INCHES AFT OF FRAME 53, AT TORSION BOX RUN-OUT R3 DOOR. REPLACED THE STRINGER SRM 51-72-11, AND DRAWING F533701
- [SDR AALA201801319002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201801319002), Jan 17, 2018: STRINGER. CRACKED. AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACKED STRINGER 15 RIGHT HAND, AT FR 53.5. REPLACED PER SRM 51-72-11 AND DRAWING F53370020.
- [SDR AALA201801089019](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201801089019), Jan 5, 2018: ARMING LEVER. DIRTY. R3 DOOR SLIDE WILL NOT DISARM. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE R3 SLIDE ARMING LEVER.
- [SDR AALA201711069016](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201711069016), Nov 5, 2017: SIGN. DETACHED. EXIT SIGN AT THE L3 DOOR FELL OFF. ATTACHED THE SIGN
- [SDR AALA201707279018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201707279018), Jul 26, 2017: FILTER. CONTAMINATED. DURING INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION BRAKES APPLY, RELEASE, THEN GRAB. SUSPECT GREEN HYDRAULICS SYSTEM CONTAMINATION. REPLACED GREEN AUX PUMP LP FILTER.
- [SDR AALA201707279017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201707279017), Jul 26, 2017: INDICATOR. CONTAMINATED. DURING INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION BRAKES APPLY, RELEASE, THEN GRAB. SUSPECT GREEN HYDRAULICS SYSTEM CONTAMINATION. REPLACED LP DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE INDICATOR. A
- [SDR AALA201707259004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201707259004), Jul 24, 2017: DOOR FRAME. DIRTY. R2 DOOR WOULD NOT ARM. REMOVED DEBRIS FROM DOOR FRAME.
- [SDR AALA201707179007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201707179007), Jul 15, 2017: GIRT BAR. OBSTRUCTED. R2 DOOR ARMING HANDLE WILL NOT ARM. REMOVED DEBRIS FROM GIRT BAR.
- [SDR AALA201706269018](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201706269018), Jun 23, 2017: COVER. DETACHED. EXIT SIGN COVER AT THE R3 DOOR DETACHED. REIINSTALLED EXIT SIGN COVER.
- [SDR AALA201706159002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201706159002), Jun 14, 2017: ACTUATOR. FAILED. ECAM FUEL TANK TRANSFER FAULT, ZFW / ZFCG DISAGREE.. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED FUEL TRIM PIPE ISOLATION VALVE ACTUATOR IAW AMM 28-27-53. ACCOMPLISHED SATI
- [SDR AALA201706079010](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201706079010), Jun 6, 2017: WIRE. MISINSTALLED. EMERGENCY LIGHT ROW 40 SEAT B INOPERATIVE. REPLACED THE LAMP. FOUND POS AND GROUND TERMINALS CROSSED. REINSTALLED.
- [SDR AALA201704189005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201704189005), Apr 17, 2017: BATTERY. NO TEST. EPSU BATTERY 12WL FAILED EPSU TEST IAW J/C 33C22033002. REPLACED EPSU BATTERY 12WL. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- [SDR AALA201704189004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201704189004), Apr 17, 2017: BATTERY. FAILED. EPSU BATTERY 17WL AT POSITION L4 FAILED EPSU TEST IAW J/C 33C22033002. REPLACED THE BATTERY 17WL. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- [SDR AALA201704189003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201704189003), Apr 17, 2017: BATTERY. NO TEST. EPSU BATTERY 16WL AT POSITION R3 FAILED EPSU TEST IAW J/C 33C22033002. REPLACED THE BATTERY. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- [SDR AALA201704189002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201704189002), Apr 17, 2017: BATTERY. FAILED. EPSU BATTERY 11WL AT POSITION 1L FAILED EPSU TEST IAW J/C 33C22033002. REPLACED THE BATTERY. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- [SDR AALA201704079001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201704079001), Apr 6, 2017: LENS. DETACHED. EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN FELL OFF THE L3 DOOR. ATTACHED THE EMERGENCY SIGN COVER.
- [SDR AALA201703279054](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201703279054), Mar 25, 2017: MECHANISM. OUT OF ADJUST. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. R DOOR WILL NOT STAY ARMED. ADJUSTED DOOR R2 ARMING MECHANISM.
- [SDR AALA201703249001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201703249001), Mar 23, 2017: ACTUATOR. FAILED. R2 DOOR ASSIST ACTUATOR FIRING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED. REMOVED AND REPLACED R2 DOOR ASSIST ACTUATOR.
- [SDR AALA201703069001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201703069001), Mar 5, 2017: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. FLIGHT ATTENDANT JUMPSEAT 3L EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE FLASHLIGHT BATTERY AND ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.
- [SDR AALA201701239011](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201701239011), Jan 22, 2017: BOTTLE. LOW PRESSURE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT PANEL 1R DOOR READS LOW PRESSURE. MAINTENANCE SERVICED R1 DOOR DAMPER ASSIST IAW AMM 52-10-00.
- [SDR AALA201701099003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201701099003), Jan 7, 2017: ELEC CONNECTOR. UNSECURE. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED ISSUE AT 3000 FEET WHEN NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. ATTEMPLTED TO EXTEND GEAR TWICE WITH SAME RESULTS. ACCOMPLISHED MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXT
- [SDR AALA201701069013](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201701069013), Jan 4, 2017: LENS. BROKEN. BROKEN TABS ON WHITE EXIT SIGN AT L3 DOOR TOP OF LENS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SIGN AND ACCOMPLISHED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.
- [SDR AALA201612189004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201612189004), Dec 17, 2016: CONTACT. DAMAGED. L4 DOOR EXIT SIGN HOUSING HAS MISSING CONTACT INSULATION. REPLACED EXIT SIGN HOUSING IAW AMM 33-51-16.
- [SDR AALA201612179007](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201612179007), Dec 16, 2016: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. EXIT SIGN INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT AFT CEILING, BEFORE GALLEY NR 5 AND ABOVE R4 DOOR INOPERABLE. REPLACED THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT IAW 33-51-38.
- [SDR AALA201612179006](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201612179006), Dec 16, 2016: CONTACT. DAMAGED. R4 DOOR EXIT SIGN HOUSING MISSING CONTACT INSULATION. REPLACED EXIT SIGN IAW 35-51-16 AND AMM 34-51-16.
- [SDR AALA201612159012](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201612159012), Dec 14, 2016: STIFFENER. CRACKED. AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE. CRACK ON FORWARD CABIN RIGHT HAND SIDE STIFFENER AT FR12A. REPLACED STIFFENER PER EO 5315U155 .

All 293: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271AY-2023-02-26/reports.md

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