Service difficulty report · Door Seal · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
November 7, 2024
Submitted
November 8, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
5980
Aircraft time
33,923 hours, 13,812 cycles
Part
Door Seal
Condition
Dirty
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: GATE AGENT HAD A HARD TIME OPENING MAIN CABIN DOOR. HAD TO OPEN FROM INSIDE. FELT LIKE SOME RESIDUAL PRESSURIZATION BUT THERE WERE NO LIGHTS. MAINTENANCE FOUND ADHESIVE APPLIED TO THE DOOR SEAL AND CLEANED THE DOOR SEAL PER AMM 12-31-52. A SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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