# SDR AALA202601230233

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 22, 2026
- Submitted: January 23, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N986AN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N986AN), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-231
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-231](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 7046
- Aircraft time: 28,850 hours, 11,465 cycles
- System (JASC): [3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3260)
- Part: Switch
- Condition: Out Of Position
- Location: Zone 100
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A, O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AALA202601230233

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RRETURNED TO PIT DUE TO THE FKIUGHT CREW REPORTING THAT AFTER GEAR RETRACTION AIRPLANE WOULD NOT ALLOW AIRPLANE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 220 KNOTS. ALL GEAR INDICATIONS SHOWED UP AND LOCKED, HAD A GREEN FLT L/G DOWN INDICATION ON THE UPPER ECAM DISPLAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT PIT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE EE BAY VMO/MMO SWITCH UNGUARDED CAUSING SPEED RESTRICTION OPERATIONAL CHECK OF OVERSPEED WARNING VMO/MMO USING CFDS PER AMM 34-13-00-710-002-A.

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