# SDR 2026FA0000833

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 13, 2026
- Submitted: October 14, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N869AT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N869AT), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-44-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 4496627
- Aircraft time: 283 hours
- System (JASC): [3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3260)
- Part: Squat Switch
- Part number: 89291004
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Zone 700
- Part time: 263 hours
- 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/2026FA0000833

## Discrepancy

THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE/INOPERATIVE RESULTING IN A SAFETY CONCERN. IF SOMEONE WERE TO ACCIDENTALLY SELECT GEAR UP WHILE ON THE GROUND, THE GEAR WOULD RETRACT. THE FUNCTION OF THE SWITCH IS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THERE WAS NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH THE SWITCH FROM VISUAL INSPECTION AND IT WAS RIGGED CORRECTLY.

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