Temporarily removing fuel and replacing it into the same aircraft
The FAA does not get into fueling/defueling. At all.
B A R R Y wrote:
Don Tuite wrote:
Second Reaction: A violation of the National Fire Code will get you
thrown off the airport faster than a FAR violation will. The question
about where the cutoff is can probably be found in the NFC.
How much fuel is in your riding mower and other power equipment? Or the
car(s) in your garage? Did I say store it on the airport? How many 5
gallon gas cans are on a typical landscaping or race car trailer?
Third Reaction: If you're gonna do it anyway, common sense says don't
release a lot of gasoline fumes in an enclosed place and if you don't
KNOW that the transfer equipment is safe from a static electricity
standpoint, DON'T do it. There are faster, less painful ways to die.
Thanks. I didn't ask for knee-jerk, flame-war (pun intended) inducing,
chicken little reactions.
If someone can cite a part 43, 91, etc... rule that says fuel removed
from an aircraft with safe and legal defueling methods can't be returned
to the same tank, I'd be very much obliged! ;^)
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