# SDR AALA202112011058

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 30, 2021
- Submitted: December 1, 2021
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N973UY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N973UY), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300*
- Aircraft serial: 4893
- Aircraft time: 33,350 hours, 12,652 cycles
- System (JASC): [2510 · Flight Compartment Equipment](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2510)
- Part: Latch
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Zone 800 - Doors
- 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/AALA202112011058

## Discrepancy

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.

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