Text in force at CAR3-14: from CAR3-13, effective 20 Jul 1955. OCR text
Fuel tanks shall be capable of withstanding without failure any vibration, inertia, and fluid and structural loads to which they may be subjected in operation. Flexible fuel tank liners shall be of an acceptable type. Integral type fuel tanks shall be provided with adequate facilities for the inspection and repair of the tank interior. [The total usable capacity of the fuel tanks shall be sufficient for not less than onehalf hour-operation at rated maximum continuous power (see Sec. 3.74(d). ] The unusable capacity shall be considered to be the minimum quantity of fuel which will permit compliance with the provisions of § 3.437. The fuel quantity indicator shall be adjusted to account for the unusable fuel supply as specified in § 3.672. If the unusable fuel supply in any tank exceeds 5 percent of the tank capacity or 1 gallon, whichever is greater, a placard and a suitable notation in the Airplane Flight Manual shall be provided to indicate to the flight personnel that the fuel remaining in the tank when the quantity indicator reads zero cannot be used safely in flight. The weight of the unusable fuel supply shall be included in the empty weight of the airplane. stribution in service: le of withstanding the
secs. 601, 603, 52 Stat. 1007, 1009, as amended; 49 U.S.C. 551, 553) By the Civil Aeronautics Board: /s/ M. C. Mulligan M. C. Mulligan Secretary (SEAL) Part 3 last printed November 1, 1949 ·