What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT DECK DOOR DIFFICULT TO UNLOCK WHEN ROTATING KNOB CLOCKWISE. CLEANED AND LUBED FLT DECK DOOR MECHANISM, OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2024
- Submitted
- September 23, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N579UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321231
- Aircraft serial
- 6100
- Aircraft time
- 33,600 hours, 13,767 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5250 · Fixed Inner Doors
- Part
- Lock Mechanism
- Condition
- Lack Of Lube
- Location
- Zone 800
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.