Gear door actuators

[Dale Campbell]

If you remove the Main doors with the mode, you will not ever have that problem. I did that 9 years ago and love that mode. It does not affect airspeed and you can put up gear as soon as you leave ground and have a cleaner climb out. It would have saved you thousands
of dollars on gear up landing. Dale

[edasmus]

Hi Todd,

Sorry to hear of your misfortune but thanks for the info. I have a 1973G model. Same as yours, just a few years older. How many hours are on your airframe?

Thanks Ed

[Skymaster337B]

Was it the snap ring that failed or the lip it sits in, inside the actuator?

[Todd Gessel]

I can really appreciate the comments on the gear door mod, it would have saved thousands!

My airplane has about 800 hours total on it, engines and airframe. I don't know why the snap ring or groove it fits into failed, if there are actuators with ends that screw on, I would like to consider them. Anyone familiar with this?

[Skymaster337B]

If you're able, could you post another pic of the snap ring and the actuator open-end taken straight on and closer-up? Thanks.

[Todd Gessel]

Here's the additional photos.

It seems this is a rare situation. Any thoughts on why this failure would occur and how to prevent it other than using the gear door modification?

[tropical]

Had this been worked on recently?