Wings are the last thing to inspect for my 3 month long condition inspection, plane has been easy it’s the twins and rest of life that makes a couple hours of free time hard.
Popped the wings root fairings off and noticed the blue staining right away, I built the tanks in 05-06 with 9 years and 600 hours leak free. Also found a little blue streaking staining on the outside of the inner wing inspection plate, the spar area inside was clean. Fuel tank Inspection cover, fuel and vent line all 100% clean. Blue staining was kinda dry and powdery.
Initially thought I’ve got a leak and need to pull the tank, but after looking closer I’m Starting to wonder if it wasn’t fuel spillage from overfilling the tank. Flew to VA first part of Oct, FS via fuel truck was the only option and he was going to wait a couple hours until the next arrival to fill up both at the same time. 99% of the time I’m fueling or assisting the fuel guy and this time I wasn’t. I made sure he was aware of the fuel caps and the last couple gallons go real slow.
After fueling it did sit in the remnants of “IAN” for a couple days before flying home. Since then it’s been undergoing my record breaking longest condition inspection ever.
I’m thinking clean the stains, fly a few hours and reinspect. Thoughts?
Popped the wings root fairings off and noticed the blue staining right away, I built the tanks in 05-06 with 9 years and 600 hours leak free. Also found a little blue streaking staining on the outside of the inner wing inspection plate, the spar area inside was clean. Fuel tank Inspection cover, fuel and vent line all 100% clean. Blue staining was kinda dry and powdery.
Initially thought I’ve got a leak and need to pull the tank, but after looking closer I’m Starting to wonder if it wasn’t fuel spillage from overfilling the tank. Flew to VA first part of Oct, FS via fuel truck was the only option and he was going to wait a couple hours until the next arrival to fill up both at the same time. 99% of the time I’m fueling or assisting the fuel guy and this time I wasn’t. I made sure he was aware of the fuel caps and the last couple gallons go real slow.
After fueling it did sit in the remnants of “IAN” for a couple days before flying home. Since then it’s been undergoing my record breaking longest condition inspection ever.
I’m thinking clean the stains, fly a few hours and reinspect. Thoughts?