Service difficulty report · Latch · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
November 30, 2021
Submitted
December 1, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973UY
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
4893
Aircraft time
33,350 hours, 12,652 cycles
Part
Latch
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 800 - Doors
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT DECK DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN + CLOSE- FLOOR VENT IN COCKPIT IS BEGINNING TO CURL UP + PREVENT DOOR OPENING. REPLACED FLIGHT DECK DOOR LATCH MECHANISM PER AMM 52-51-21-400-001-A. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE FLIGHT DECK DOOR AND THE FLOOR VENT WAS NO LONGER INTERFERING WITH THE OPERATION OF THE DOOR AFTER THE LATCH MECHANISM WAS REPLACED.