Text in force at CAR3-14: from CAR3-8, effective 19 May 1952. OCR text
(a) Each tank shall be provided with a drainable sump having a capacity of not less than 0.25 percent of the tank capacity or 1/16 gallon, whichever is the greater. It shall be acceptable to dispense with the sump mal flight attitudes. if the fuel system is provided with a sediment bowl permitting ground inspection. The sediment bowl shall also be accessible for drainage. The capacity of the sediment chamber shall not be less than 1 ounce per each 20 gallons of the fuel tank capacity.
(b) If a fuel tank sump is provided, the capacity specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be effective with the airplane in the normal ground attitude and in all normal flight attitudes.
[(c) If a separate sediment bowl is provided in lieu of tank sump, the fuel tank outlet shall be so located that, when the airplane is in the normal ground attitude, water will drain from all portions of the tank to the sediment bowl.]
secs. 601, 603, 52 Stat. 1007, 1009; 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 ·