# SDR 97ZZZX4730

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 22, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N52786](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52786), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 177RG1270
- System (JASC): [2910 · Hydraulic System, Main](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2910)
- Part: Line
- Part number: 20801179
- Condition: Leak
- Location: Hydraulic System
- Part time: 1,284 hours
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX4730

## Discrepancy

HYDRAULIC LINE BEGAN LEAKING ON GEAR RETRACTION CAUSING HYDRAULIC MOTOR/PUMP TO PUMP ALL USABLE HYDRAULIC FLUID OVERBOARD.  RESULT WAS LANDING WITH GEAR DANGLING FROM AIRCRAFT.  THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS A CORROSION PIT.  LINE IS LOCATED IN THE COCKPIT PEDESTAL CAUSING INSPECTABILITY PROBLEM.

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