Service difficulty report · Bustle · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
October 12, 2025
Submitted
October 15, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N142AN
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
6711
Aircraft time
31,211 hours, 12,334 cycles
Part
Bustle
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
CR
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 NOT GROUNDED: FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTS DOOR 3L SQUEALS AT ALTITUDE. 7.9 PSI. WHILE PERFORMING DETAILED INSPECTION OF 3L DOOR SEAL MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE 3L DOOR SLIDE BUSTLE ATTACHMENT END WAS GETTING CAUGHT UNDER DOOR, REPOSITIONED THE SLIDE BUSTLE ATTACHMENT END AND PERFORMED A SATISFACTORY PRESSURIZATION TEST OF LEAK CHECK OF THE FUSELAGE WITH NO LEAKS OR SQUEALS NOTED,

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