# SDR 98ZZZX2464

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: June 1, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Piper PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Breaker
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Mlg
- Stage of operation: AP
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX2464

## Discrepancy

PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN.  GEAR REMAINED IN WHEEL WELL.  PILOT USED EMERGENCY SYSTEM TO LOWER GEAR.  LANDING FINE.  AFTER A LENGTHY TROUBLESHOOT, DETERMINED THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD CONDUCT CURRENT IN A NO-LOAD SITUATION.  UPON PLACING LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN UP POSITION, CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS STOPPING ALMOST ALL CURRENT FLOW WITH NO BREAKER TRIPPING.  REPLACED 30-AMP CIRCUIT BRE AKER, GEAR CYCLES FINE.

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