# SDR 98ZZZX290

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 8, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N650DB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650DB), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 414A
- Registry model: [Cessna 414A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 414A0853
- System (JASC): [2510 · Flight Compartment Equipment](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2510)
- Part: Pivot Arm
- Part number: 08127358
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Pilot Seat
- Part time: 3,061 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/98ZZZX290

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED SEAT BACK MOVEMENT.  FOUND PILOT'S SEAT INBOARD PIVOT ARM UPPER PORTION BROKEN.  ONCE PART WAS REMOVED, BROKEN SECTION APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED FOR SOME TIME.  WITH UPHOLSTERY IN THIS AREA, INSPECTION IS DIFFICULT.

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