Service difficulty report · Balance Weight · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
October 21, 2020
Submitted
October 23, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N379QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500294
Aircraft time
4,172 hours, 3,307 cycles
Part
Balance Weight
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Elevator
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 EMBRAER SB 505-55-0004 REV 01 PART I,II,III (DATED 06/24/2020) WE NOTED THE FOLLOWING MASS BALANCE WEIGHTS BELOW TOLERANCE: LEFT ELEVATOR: ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L33 (11 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 84G); HORN MASS WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L42 (1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1095G). RIGHT ELEVATOR MASS BALANCE WEIGHTS BELOW TOLERANCE: ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L33 (11 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 84G); HORN MASS WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L42 (1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1095G), ALL WEIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW MASS WEIGHTS AND THE ELEVATOR BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE LEFT ELEVATOR WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-11082-601 AND THE RIGHT TO PART NUMBER 505-11082-602, AS PER SB INSTRUCTIONS. AT THE RUDDER WE NOTED THE ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L27 (4 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 455G), ALL WEIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW MASS WEIGHTS AND THE RUDDER BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE RUDDER WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-39061-619, AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS. AT THE AILERON MASS WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L31(1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1787G), ALL WEIGHTS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW MASS WEIGHTS AND THE AILERON BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE AILERON WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-14735-643, AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS. THIS REPORT COMPLIES WITH FAA 14 CFR PART 135 OPERATOR’S GMM REQUIREMENTS.

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