What was found
AIRCRAFT IN BASE MAINTENANCE: L1 DOOR SLIDE CONTACTS FUSELAGE AND REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO FULLY OPEN DOOR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED SLIDE PER TASK CARD 26L00025011.
- Difficulty date
- September 24, 2025
- Submitted
- September 25, 2025
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N457AM
- Make and model
- Airbus A321253NX
- Aircraft serial
- 10816
- Aircraft time
- 13,111 hours, 3,601 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide Raft
- Part number
- D30664915
- Part serial
- M32781
- Condition
- Deformed
- Location
- Zone 800
- Part time
- 12,820 hours, 3,538 cycles
- 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.