What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: FLIGHT DECK DOOR MANUAL CENTER LATCH HAS UPPER AND LOWER RELEASE MECHANISM BROKEN. CENTER LATCH WILL NOT RELEASE DOOR MANUALLY. REPLACED COCKPIT DOOR LATCH MECHANISM.
- Difficulty date
- March 8, 2024
- Submitted
- March 11, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N535UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 3993
- Aircraft time
- 49,642 hours, 18,599 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5250 · Fixed Inner Doors
- Part
- Release Mech
- Part number
- UNKNOWN
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Cockpit Dr Latch
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.