[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR31.46]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 31_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: MANNED FREE BALLOONS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart D_Design Construction

 

Sec. 31.46  Pressurized fuel systems.



    For pressurized fuel systems, each element and its connecting 

fittings and lines must be tested to an ultimate pressure of at least 

twice the maximum pressure to which the system will be subjected in 

normal operation. No part of the system may fail or malfunction during 

the test. The test configuration must be representative of the normal 

fuel system installation and balloon configuration.



[Amdt. 31-3, 41 FR 55474, Dec. 20, 1976]