Flying with fuel leak?

In article ,
(Robert M. Gary) wrote:

How much fuel? Some planes always leak fuel, the FAA has an approved
method to determine if a Mooney is airworthy by measuring how bad the
leak it. Even a great 172 in perfect share will leak fuel when sitting
at an angle with full tanks and the selctor on "both". Perhaps they
are waiting on a part? In anycase, I wouldn't ground a plane for a
small leak, if you did 1/2 the planes out there would be on the
ground.

The original post said fuel was "leaking out of the wing" due to a broken fuel
vent. I understand that to mean that the fuel is venting into the wing then
running out. Put aside the mess is will make, suppose the nav light wiring
chafes and shorts? That happned to a Baron here several years ago, blew the
skin off the wing...luckily they were taxiing and not in flight.

If it were mine it would be fixed ASAP.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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