# SDR 98ZZZX1554

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 1, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N54413](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54413), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 17274970
- System (JASC): [3710 · Vacuum Distribution System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3710)
- Part: Hose
- Part number: B904
- Condition: Deteriorated
- Location: Vacuum System
- Part time: 7,211 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/98ZZZX1554

## Discrepancy

VACUUM SYSTEM HOSE BELIEVED TO BE FACTORY INSTALLED HAD A VACUUM LEAK.  TROUBLESHOOTING, HOSE APPEARED OK UNTIL WIGGLED BY HAND.  CRACKS IN HOSE APPEARED AND INTERNAL HOSE MATERIAL DISINTEGRATED.

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