# SDR AALA201810229040

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 20, 2018
- Submitted: October 22, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N906AA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N906AA), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 7651
- Aircraft time: 4,263 hours, 1,619 cycles
- System (JASC): [5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5320)
- Part: Threshold
- Condition: Dirty
- Location: R4 Door
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: C
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201810229040

## Discrepancy

R4 DOOR ARMING LEVER WAS HARD TO ARM.  FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD TROUBLE ARMING IT ON THE GROUND.  CHECKED AND CLEANED THE DOOR THRESHOLD OF DEBRIS.  ACCOMPLISHED A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF DOOR RELEASE MECHANISM IAW AMM 52-10-00-720-005-A.  THE ARMING LEVER ARMED AND DISARMED IS NORMAL.

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