Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
January 10, 2025
Submitted
January 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N132AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6473
Aircraft time
32,601 hours, 10,703 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Vibration
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO CLT DUE TO THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTING THAT AT FL 280 SPEED 310 STARTED GETTING SEVERE VIBRATION FROM TAIL SECTION OF AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED FROM ROW 15 TO REAR OF AIRCRAFT VIBRATION GOT WORSE AS YOU WALKED TO REAR OF AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CREW RAN QRH PROCEDURE FOR ABNORMAL VIBRATION. SLOWED TO 280 KTS AND IT SUBSIDED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT CLT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. (OPEN)

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