# SDR 97ZZZX3994

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 26, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N60BP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60BP), registered now
- Make and model: Amtr VENTURE
- Aircraft serial: 51
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Landing Gear
- Condition: Malfunctioned
- Location: Nlg & Mlg
- Stage of operation: AP
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3994

## Discrepancy

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND UNTIL PILOT OPENED BYPASS VALVE TO USE EMERGENCY HAND PUMP.  GEAR FELL TO DOWN POSITION, BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND AND LOCK.  A GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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