# SDR DALA2026102105779

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 16, 2026
- Submitted: October 21, 2026
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N325US](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N325US), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A320-211
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-211](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 281
- Aircraft time: 95,466 hours, 45,377 cycles
- System (JASC): [3520 · Passenger Oxygen System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3520)
- Part: Latch
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Oxygen Panel
- Stage of operation: TO
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DALA2026102105779

## Discrepancy

OXYGEN PANEL LATCH BROKEN. OPENED DURING TAKEOFF. UPPER AND LOWER LATCHES ARE DAMAGED AND WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THE PANEL APPEARS TO BE MISALIGNED, LEAVING THE MASKS EXPOSED. C/A: RESECURED O2 MASK BOX AND LATCH AS REQ. MASK DROP TEST GOOD. A/C OK FOR SVC. (LP: 1869892, AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED)

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