# SDR 2009FA0001082

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 24, 2009
- Submitted: December 24, 2009
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N6637G
- Make and model: Cessna 550
- Registry model: [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 5500670
- Aircraft time: 7,633 hours, 5,944 cycles
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Reservoir
- Part number: 99121033
- Part serial: 017
- Condition: Out Of Tolerance
- Location: Zone 700
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2009FA0001082

## Discrepancy

RECEIVED AN INSPECTED PNEUMATIC RESERVOIR (EMERGENCY BRAKE/GEAR BLOWDOWN BOTTLE) WITH 8130-3 NR AE-67615 DATED 10/29/2009. UPON INSTALLATION AND OPS CHECKS, THE INSPECTOR DETERMINED THAT THE BOTTLE MFG DATE OF JUNE 1980 MEANT THAT THE BOTTLE LIFE LIMIT OF 24 YEARS (AS STATED IN CH 5 OF THE MM) HAD BEEN EXCEEDED BY 5 YEARS. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTTLE S/N 017 WITH ANOTHER UNIT WHICH WAS REMOVED SERVICEABLE FROM ANOTHER CUSTOMERS ACFT.

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