What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: COCKPIT DOOR IS OCCASIONALLY VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN. TOP LATCH APPEARS TO NOT RETRACT SOMETIMES. REMOVED AND REPLACED COCKPIT BOLT LATCH LOCK MECHANISM PER AMM 52-51-21.
- Difficulty date
- July 21, 2024
- Submitted
- July 23, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N998AN
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 7509
- Aircraft time
- 22,889 hours, 9,087 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5250 · Fixed Inner Doors
- Part
- Mechanism
- Part number
- AR471411
- Condition
- Stuck
- Location
- Cockpit Door
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.