Jay Honeck wrote:


I'll tell you where it happens -- in the shop hangar. They unscrew the
quick drain, stick a plastic funnel into a 5-gallon plastic jug, and let the
fuel drain. Then, when that jug is full, they quickly move another jug
under the funnel, dumping gas all over the hangar floor. This happens until
the tank is empty.


Don't they bond the aircraft to the fuel container (electrically)? I met
an A&P/IA several years ago that lost his hangar and 3 of his customers'
airplanes by doing exactly what you described above. It was a dry winter day
and the flowing fuel formed a static charge. A faint blue ring around the
stream of gas that the IA noticed about 2 seconds before the hangar went up
in flames.

A simple bonding strap between the airplane and the container would have
avoided the whole mess.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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