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Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
CHAPTER I: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER C: AIRCRAFT
PART 23: AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES
Subpart E: Powerplant
: Oil System
23.1015 - Oil tank tests.
Each oil tank must be tested under ? 23.965, except that?
(a) The applied pressure must be five p.s.i. for the tank construction instead of the pressures specified in ? 23.965(a);
(b) For a tank with a nonmetallic liner the test fluid must be oil rather than fuel as specified in ? 23.965(d), and the slosh test on a specimen liner must be conducted with the oil at 250 ?F.; and
(c) For pressurized tanks used with a turbine engine, the test pressure may not be less than 5 p.s.i. plus the maximum operating pressure of the tank.
[Doc. No. 4080, 29 FR 17955, Dec. 18, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 23-15, 39 FR 35460, Oct. 1, 1974]
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