# SDR 97ZZZX414

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 6, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N404PA
- Make and model: Boeing 707321
- Aircraft serial: 18835
- System (JASC): [2761 · Drag Control Actuator](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2761)
- Part: Actuator
- Part number: 65233494
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Spoiler
- Part time: 630 hours
- 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/97ZZZX414

## Discrepancy

SPOILER ACTUATOR ROD END BROKEN AT PISTON END AND EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL FAILURE.  '2ND OCCURRENCE'.  APPEARED TO BREAK AT END OF THREAD.  PROBABLY OVERTORQUED.

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