# SDR 95ZZZX3195

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 8, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N33401](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33401), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 347570115
- System (JASC): [6123 · Propeller Feathering/Reversing](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6123)
- Part: Rod
- Part number: A24913
- Condition: Stripped
- Location: Prop Latch
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3195

## Discrepancy

PROP WOULD NOT STAY IN LATCH.  FEATHER ON SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT LATCH MANUALLY.  INSPECTION REVEALED A3205 LATCH SCREW HAD STRIPPED OUT OF A2491-3 PITCH CHANGE ROD.  THREADS IN ROD WERE GONE AND SCREW THREADS WERE DAMAGED.  ROD HAD .004 INCH RUNOUT - SUSPECT POSSIBLE PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.

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