# AD 50-25-01: Fuel drip strip

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Univair 108, 108-1, 108-2 and 108-3
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 1,405 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/E3745B2A9A4713B686256A4D004C7F14.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/50-25-01

## The airworthiness directive

50-25-01 STINSON: Applies to All Model 108 Series Aircraft. Compliance required not later than September 1, 1950. Reports have been received of fuel seepage into the space between the inner cabin trim and the outer fabric covering of the fuselage. This results in soaking of insulating material in the cabin wall. The source of the fuel can be spillage during filling of tanks, thermal expansion of fuel in full tanks, or tank leakage. This fuel runs to the under surface of the wing, adhering to the lower curved surface of the trailing edge of the wing at the flap well, thence inboard to the fuselage and across the rear window. Since the window seal is often not perfectly tight the fuel may then enter the cabin wall. To preclude the fire hazard of fuel soaked insulation within the cabin wall due to these causes, a drip strip similar to that shown in Figure 1 should be installed on the underside of each wing. This drip strip will prevent fuel from flowing from the wing to the fuselage. (Piper Service Bulletin No. 115, dated March 31, 1950, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-767](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-767): Univair Aircraft Corporation; names 4 of 5 models: 108, 108-3, 108-1, 108-2

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 1,405 (1,405 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Stinson 1,269, Universal Stinson 134, Consolidatedvultee Acft 2

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Stinson 108-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-3): 433 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson 108-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-1): 338 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2): 285 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Stinson 108](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108): 213 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Universal Stinson 108-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-3): 49 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Universal Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-2): 38 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Universal Stinson 108-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108-1): 28 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Universal Stinson 108](https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108): 19 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Consolidatedvultee Acft 108](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidatedvultee-acft-108): 2 aircraft (airframe model)

All 9 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/50-25-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/50-25-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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