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Gear didn't extend or retract fully
Was flying with a CFI who has many hours in early skymasters (like mine) last weekend. Best I can recall, we'd retracted around 120 KT climbing and didn't see a yellow light. We slowed and tried to extend, and now didn't see a green, nor the gear out the windows. Not sure what the state of the nose was at that point, but we cycled once again to get our yellow, and then a green a little while later on descent.
His feeling was basically that s**t happens in older planes when operated near limits and not to worry at this point. He seems knowledgeable and risk-smart (with 100s of hours a year of paid operations in these planes) but thought it was worth checking with you all. Is this something that should be looked at? Was I maybe pushing the margin at 120 KT when first retracting? May not be relevant, but I have the gear door delete mod.
Thanks.
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