What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: 4L ARMING LEVER GRINDING AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE L4 DOOR SLIDE PER TASK CARD 26L00025010.
- Difficulty date
- February 20, 2026
- Submitted
- February 23, 2026
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N179UW
- Make and model
- Airbus A321211
- Aircraft serial
- 1521
- Aircraft time
- 78,624 hours, 30,613 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2565 · Escape Slide
- Part
- Slide
- Part number
- D30665513
- Part serial
- M21856
- Condition
- Deformed
- Location
- Zone 800
- Part time
- 10,977 hours, 5,104 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.