What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR 3L SPRING LOADED DOOR HANDLE COVER DOES NOT SPRING OFF. SPRING LOAD ACTION IS NOT WORKING. APPLIED LIGHT COAT OF LUBE.
- Difficulty date
- August 24, 2024
- Submitted
- August 26, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N169UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1455
- Aircraft time
- 74,306 hours, 28,656 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5200 · Doors
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Lack Of Lube
- Location
- Zone 800
- 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.