# SDR AALA202512085359

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 5, 2025
- Submitted: December 8, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N703UW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703UW), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A319-112
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 904
- Aircraft time: 69,551 hours, 40,982 cycles
- System (JASC): [5250 · Fixed Inner Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5250)
- Part: Control Unit
- Part number: AR47091
- Part serial: HA0916
- Condition: Faulty
- Location: Zone 800
- Part time: 58,545 hours, 32,175 cycles
- 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/AALA202512085359

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: COCKPIT DOOR UNLOCKED IN FLIGHT AND WHEN POWER WAS SWITCHED TO APU GEN. WAS ABLE TO CLOSE DOOR AND IT RE-LOCKED. CHECKED HISTORY AND FOUND UPPER AND CENTER STRIKERS TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, FAULT STILL CONTINUED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED COCKPIT DOOR LOCKING CONTROL UNIT IAW AMM 52-51-14 & TSM 52-51-00.

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