# SDR DALA2026033002056

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 29, 2026
- Submitted: March 30, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N536DN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N536DN), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A321-271NX
- Registry model: [Airbus A321-271NX](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-s-a-s-a321-271nx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 11426
- Aircraft time: 11,853 hours, 2,929 cycles
- System (JASC): [3350 · Emergency Lighting](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3350)
- Part: Light
- Condition: Inoperative
- Location: Cabin
- 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/DALA2026033002056

## Discrepancy

EMERGENCY PATH LIGHTS AT 31C AND 35C INOP.   FOUND SPLICES FOR SEATS 31 AND 32 AND SPLICES FOR 35 AND 36 BAD/BROKEN. REPAIRED SPLICE UNDER 36L IAW A321N ESPM 20-43. OPS TEST SAME. FOUND PINS PUSHED FROM CONNECTOR OF SEAT ROW 35L DISCONNECT. WHILE INSPECTING, PINS SHORTED TOGETHER CAUSING SAME LIGHTS INOP. REPAIRED SEAT ROW 35L DISCONNECT CONNECTOR PINS. PINS NOW STAY RETAINED. REPLACED EPSU 13WL AND 17WL IAW A321N AMM 33-51. ALL LIGHTS OPS CHECK GOOD. (LP 8167282)

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