# SDR 97ZZZX2849

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 1, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N403PA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N403PA), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 402B0917
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Torque Tube
- Part number: 504501019
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Lt Mlg
- Part time: 8 hours
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2849

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED 'AFTER DEPARTURE, ADVISED BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT THE LEFT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED'.  AFTER VERIFYING THIS IN MIRROR, HE CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND EXTENDED GEARS AND A SAFE LANDING WAS MADE.  THE PART WAS SUPERCEDED TO A DIFFERENT NUMBER WHEN ORDERED.

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