What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED, L1 DOOR WAS REPORTED TO BE HARD TO OPEN & CLOSE. UPPER SUPPORT ARM FITTING WORN ALLOWING THE BEARING TO MIGRATE OUT OF THE FITTING. REPLACED UPPER SUPPORT ARM FITTING PER AMM 52-11-31-400-002-A.
- Difficulty date
- January 21, 2020
- Submitted
- January 22, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N108UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A320214
- Aircraft serial
- 1061
- Aircraft time
- 60,395 hours, 29,082 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Fitting
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- L1 Door
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.