# SDR 97ZZZX4332

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 26, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N54757](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54757), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 277554068
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Bolt
- Part number: AN17727
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Drag Leg Link
- Part time: 8,979 hours
- Component: 1624004
- 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/97ZZZX4332

## Discrepancy

WHEN APPLYING GREASE TO CENTER DRAG LEG ATTACH BOLT, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE HEAD OF BOLT SLID OUT .25 INCH, AND BECAME WEDGED IN FITTING PN 19155-03 LANDING GEAR LOCK SPRING UPPER WHICH PREVENTED BROKEN PORTION OF BOLT FROM FALLING OUT.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.