Remi Guerner
Joined: 14 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:55 am Post subject: Fuel tank eaten by mice |
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A few months ago I found some white plastic saw dust on the floor of a my storage area in the hangar. I thought mice may have eaten some of the adhesive tape used to seal cardboard cases stored there and I forgot about it.
After pulling the long range tank out of my aircraft yesterday, I discovered that it was damaged on two angles (photos attached). There is no possibility for the tank to be damaged when installed in the aircraft as all the cockpit and bagage area are covered with carpet. So no risk of rubbing on anything hard enough to cut into the tank material. Then I realized were that white sawdust was coming from. Mice had eaten my tank while it was stored in the hangar, very close to were the dust was discovered last year.
Fortunately the tank material is thick enough and up to now there is no leak. However that means that if mice manage to enter our aircraft, they may eat the main fuel tank as well as other stuff such as fuel hoses, wiring... This is really a cause for concern.
Any suggestion to prevent mice to climb aboard?
Remi
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