Service difficulty report · Balance Weight · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
November 9, 2020
Submitted
November 11, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N367QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500273
Aircraft time
4,169 hours, 3,284 cycles
Part
Balance Weight
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Elevator
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EMBRAER SERVICE BULLETIN 505-55-0004 REV 01 (DATED 06/24/2020) WE NOTED THE FOLLOWING MASS BALANCE WEIGHTS BELOW TOLERANCE AT LEFT ELEVATOR: ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L33 (10 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 84G), HORN MASS WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L42 (1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1095G) AND LT AILERON MASS WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L31 (1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1787G) ALL WEIGHTS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW MASS WEIGHTS AND THE LT ELEVATOR AND LT AILERON BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE LT ELEVATOR WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-11079-639 AND LT AILERON TO PART NUMBER 505-14736-619, AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS. WE ALSO NOTED THE FOLLOWING RIGHT ELEVATOR MASS BALANCE WEIGHTS BELOW TOLERANCE: ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTS PART NUMBER PE915109-L33 (16 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 84G), HORN MASS WEIGHT PART NUMBER PE915109-L42 (1 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 1095G), ALL WEIGHTS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW MASS WEIGHTS AND THE ELEVATOR BALANCING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. THE ELEVATOR WAS RE-IDENTIFIED TO PART NUMBER 505-11079-640, AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS. AT RUDDER FOUND THE FOLLOWING ADJUSTABLE MASS BALANCE WEIGHTS BELOW TOLERANCE: PART NUMBER PE915109-L27 (7 EACH BELOW MINIMUM OF 455G), ALL WEIGHTS HAS 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 505-39061-617, AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN INSTRUCTIONS.

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