Broken Gear Door Bracket

[hnorber]

I drove to the airport today with my 10 year old son to shoot a few holes in the sky (perfect Wx) - but during my preflight I noticed that a small bracket attaching the front of my outer gear door to the left main was completely cracked.  This bracket seems to be ancillary to the main attachment point btwn the gear and the door - which is farther back (I think through the center of the gear?) - and perhaps just keeps the door closed tight during flight?

 

I scrapped today's flight - but wonder if anyone has any thoughts as to whether I'd be risking damage to the gear door (or anything else) if I fly to have this repaired at a shop not on my home field (possible 1 hour flight)? 

 

A picture of the bracket is posted below.

 

Thanks!
 

 

 

[Hank]

I flew ~30 minutes, gear down, when a bracket to the left door on the nose broke. LASAR had the parts, quick service and even fast refund of the core charge for my broken one.

Good luck with yours.

[N201MKTurbo]

Don't fly the plane with that bracket broken unless you remove the whole door.

If that part broke on my plane it would end up being an owner produced part.

[N201MKTurbo]

Here is the stuff:

https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=9668&step=4&showunits=inches&id=814&top_cat=197

[Bartman]

I removed the inner gear doors once for a broken bracket. It was U-shaped and the guys had no problem finding a used one.

I lost around 8 Kts without the inner doors.

[Andy95W]

I'd just remove that inner gear door and then fly the plane normally to your shop for repair. Perfectly permissible according to the POH, which recommends their removal for soft field operations.

  

Don't fly the plane with that bracket broken unless you remove the whole door.

If that part broke on my plane it would end up being an owner produced part.

+1

[hnorber]

Thanks for the replies!

Took N201MKTurbo's advice - and the issue is fixed!  Will have my A&P sign off on the repair.

[luv737s]

Nose door and inner door big difference.

[dsking001]

Sadly I've had that same bracket fail. Of course I was not at my home airport and no where an A&P could quickly fix it.

I took the whole inner door off and flew home. I ended up buying a small piece of strap metal and my local mechanic was able to reproduce to "L" shaped bracket for a little more than $1.50.