# SDR AALA202404049604

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 3, 2024
- Submitted: April 4, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N342PM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342PM), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 737823
- Aircraft serial: 31269
- Aircraft time: 18,972 hours, 8,258 cycles
- System (JASC): [5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5210)
- Part: Cam Lock
- Part number: UNKNOWN
- Condition: Lack Of Lube
- Location: Aft Lt Door
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202404049604

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED DUE TO: AFTER TAKEOFF AROUND 19000 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INFORMED US THAT THE AFT LEFT DOOR HANDLE WAS MOVING UP AND COULD NOT BE KEPT DOWN; AIRCRAFT AIR INTERRUPTED BACK TO AND LANDED SAFELY AT MIA. CLEANED AND LUBED L2 DOOR CAM LOCKS AND HINGES, PER AMM 12-25-12. PERFORMED PRESSURIZATION TEST, PER AMM 21-31-00, NO DEFECTS AND LEAKS NOTED, DOOR HANDLE STAYED IN CLOSED POSITION.

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