# SDR AALA202306076293

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 3, 2023
- Submitted: June 7, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N405AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405AN), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-253NX
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-253NX](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-253nx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 8800
- Aircraft time: 11,867 hours, 3,281 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Sliding Window
- Part number: NH252162
- Part serial: L494965
- Condition: Scratched
- Location: Zone 200 - Fuse
- Part time: 11,867 hours, 3,281 cycles
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202306076293

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT DECK RIGHT HAND SLIDING WINDOW COMPLETELY SCRATCHED UP. AT NIGHT OR WITH DIRECT SUN LIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREWS VISION IS DISTORTED AND ALMOST UNUSABLE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SLIDING WINDOW PER TASK CARD 26L21156001.

---
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.