Water from rain entered baggage compartment

[AndreiC]

My plane is normally hangared, but during a recent trip I left it outside for 4 days. Last night it rained really hard (3.5” overnight), and when I went today I found the carpet on the bottom of the baggage compartment wet in the area under the baggage door, and water slowly dripping from an inspection port on the belly of the plane. When I opened that inspection port, about 1/4 cup of water came out. I left the inspection port open and flew for an hour like that, in the hope that whatever water was there will drain out/get sucked out. 

Questions:

1) Is it possible that this will lead to corrosion from water being in the belly of the plane for a few hours?

2) How can I make sure all water has been drained out? I left the inspection cover off, and the baggage door half open, with the carpet out of the plane, hoping all water will dry off. (Plane is now in the hangar.)

I will definitely have my mechanic look at the baggage door seal during the annual. It’s annoying that it leaks since it is less than 3 years old. 

Thanks. 

[N201MKTurbo]

Water dripping from the belly after rain is not unusual. There are quite a few drain holes, but none are at the very bottom it all attitudes. Flying will, usually get it all out. Doing an extra hour flight before your actual flight is a waste of fuel, just make your flight. 
 

If you are concerned about your baggage compartment leaking, have someone run a hose over your plane with you inside checking for leaks.

Just remember there are a lot of Mooneys that are outside all the time and they do fine.

[AndreiC]

23 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Doing an extra hour flight before your actual flight is a waste of fuel, just make your flight. 

I just made my flight, just without the belly inspection panel. I'll reinstall the panel in a day or two after hopefully all is dry.

[Pinecone]

You don't really need to fly without the inspection cover.  Air moves through the plane in flight and gets the water out.

You will not get corrosion from what happened.  

If you had a leak and the airplane was not in a hangar at all, over time, yes, you could get some corrosion. 

If you really worried about corrosion, talk to your shop about applying ACF-50 or Corrosion X to the airplane.
 

 

[Gee Bee Aeroproducts]

Depends on the type of seal

Here is the picture of original seal 

And two versions we fitted

Left to Right

Boeing 727 Gear door seal

Thinner wall P seal , works perfect 

Its bi derectional for cabin and baggage.