What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: L1 DOOR SLIDE BUSTLE HITS SKIN OF AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SLIDE HAD EXPANDED CAUSING THE SLIDE BUSTLE TO CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT AND REPLACED IT PER TASK CARD 26L0025011.
- Difficulty date
- September 18, 2023
- Submitted
- September 19, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N406AN
- Make and model
- Airbus A321253NX
- Aircraft serial
- 8834
- Aircraft time
- 13,347 hours, 3,706 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide Raft
- Part number
- D30664515
- Part serial
- M13674
- Condition
- Unknown
- Location
- Zone 800 - Doors
- Part time
- 21,125 hours, 7,333 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.