# SDR AALA202409230540

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 21, 2024
- Submitted: September 23, 2024
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N579UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N579UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 6100
- Aircraft time: 33,600 hours, 13,767 cycles
- System (JASC): [5250 · Fixed Inner Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5250)
- Part: Lock Mechanism
- Condition: Lack Of Lube
- Location: Zone 800
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202409230540

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT DECK DOOR DIFFICULT TO UNLOCK WHEN ROTATING KNOB CLOCKWISE. CLEANED AND LUBED FLT DECK DOOR MECHANISM, OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES.

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