Service difficulty report · Balance Weight · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
August 3, 2020
Submitted
August 4, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N371QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500279
Aircraft time
4,181 hours, 3,288 cycles
Part
Balance Weight
Part serial
NONSERIALIZED
Condition
Corroded
Location
Stab
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SERVICE BULLETIN 505-55-0004 REV 01 (DATED 06/24/2020) WE NOTED THE LEFT AILERON MASS BALANCE WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L31 WAS UNDER THE WEIGHT LIMITS (1761 GRAMS) AS PRESCRIBED BY THE SERVICE BULLETIN (MINIMUM 1787 GRAMS) -21 GRAMS BELOW TOLERANCE. THE WEIGHT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PART AND THE AILERON BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.THE LEFT AILERON WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-14736-613 AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS. ALSO DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SERVICE BULLETIN 505-55-0004 REV 01 (DATED 06/24/2020) WE NOTED THE RIGHT ELEVATOR ADJUSTABLE MASS BALANCE WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L33 (1 EACH) WAS UNDER THE WEIGHT LIMITS (80 GRAMS) AS PRESCRIBED BY THE SERVICE BULLETIN (MINIMUM 84 GRAMS)-4 GRAMS BELOW TOLERANCE. THE WEIGHT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PART AND THE ELEVATOR BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE ELEVATOR WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-11082-602 AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS.

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