# SDR AALA202403116642

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 8, 2024
- Submitted: March 11, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N165NN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N165NN), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 6956
- Aircraft time: 23,528 hours, 9,326 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Sliding Window
- Part number: SPSA320742
- Part serial: L435455
- Condition: Scratched
- Location: Cockpit
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202403116642

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: CAPTAINS SLIDING EGRESS WINDOW (L2) HAS MULTIPLE SCRATCHES. MOST PROMINENT IS 12 INCHES LONG TOP TO BOTTOM AND INTERFERES WITH LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC OR TAXIING AT NIGHT. REMOVED AND REPLACED L2 WINDOW.

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