# SDR AALA201812049005

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 30, 2018
- Submitted: December 6, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N955AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N955AN), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 29540
- Aircraft time: 54,024 hours, 22,426 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Spring
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Window Latch
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA201812049005

## Discrepancy

THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED. FLIGHT OFFICERS SLIDING WINDOW WHEN FULLY OPENED. THE HOLD-OPEN LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE, WINDOW CAN BE SHUT CLOSED WITHOUT PULLING ON THE LATCH. REPLACED SPRING ON RIGHT HAND LATCH PER IPC 56-12-51 AND SRM 51-40-02.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.