Temporarily removing fuel and replacing it into the same aircraft

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:55:49 GMT, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:

"pgbnh" wrote:
"Al G" wrote...
"B A R R Y" wrote...

2.) I want to calibrate a fuel dipstick, so I remove a gallon at a
time while taking readings. After I read the tank, I return the
fuel to the tank.

I've been told this is a violation. The person who tells me this
can't cite a FAR, and I can't find one in my own search.

I hope it is not a violation, I've had to do this at remote
mountain
airstrips
for years. I have seen tanks calibrated(Sticks & Gauges) in an
approved shop.

Greater likelihood is that you may be violating an AIRPORT rule. If
your field does not permit self-fueling, then the activity you note
would probably be considered a violation. But FAR's???? Naahh !

Check those airport rules, but when I had the Deb weighed for a new
W&B (old airplanes like old pilots tend to gain weight) they drained
the tanks. (it was down to about 60 gallons) and then put it back
along with enough to top off *all* tanks.

If it's a violation that was a mighty big company doing the violating.

Fly it to a remote strip and do as you wish, but follow the antistatic
procedures others have mentioned...