CABIN DOOR - "ARM ASSY, HOLD OPEN" - Door hold open assembly 310118-503

[M20F-1968]

On 6/16/2025 at 2:01 PM, Skates97 said:

Mine would never stay open and would hit me in the back all the time. My IA didn't have a problem with me putting a small gas strut on it. It holds the door open great, when taxiing or doing runup the prop wash closes it to about 2 inches and then opens back up smoothly at idle.

After my baggage door arm got bent terribly by a mechanic I put a small gas strut on that as well. It's nice because as it closes it goes over center and applies pressure to keeping the door shut. Not sure if it would make a difference if the baggage door wasn't latched and not will to try that experiment... They're similar to this but I would have to look at the length and weight rating to see what I have on there, I ordered a few different ones before settling on which worked best.

Could you send me the manufacturer's name, address, and pert number for the one you used?

John Breda