# SDR 97ZZZX3701

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 25, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N8969N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8969N), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 3240769
- Engine: Lyc IO540E1B5
- System (JASC): [7314 · Engine Fuel Pump](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7314)
- Part: Pump
- Part number: RG17980D
- Condition: Leak
- Location: Engine Fuel
- Component: Romec
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3701

## Discrepancy

ON 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND LEAKING AT RELIEF VALVE.  SUBMITTER STATED HAVE HAD APPROXIMATELY 6 PUMPS IN THE LAST YEAR WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH MOST HAVING LESS THAN 1,000 HOURS TSO.

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