Aircraft Weight and Balance Equipment List

Aircraft Weight and Balance Equipment List

A typical comprehensive equipment list is shown in Figure
2-22 on pages 2-12 and 2-13. The FAA considers addition
or removal of equipment included in this list to be a minor
alteration. The weights and arms are included with the
items in the equipment list, and these minor alterations
can be done and the aircraft approved for return to service
by an appropriately rated aircraft mechanic or repairman.
The only documentation required is an entry in the aircraft
maintenance records and the appropriate change to the
weight and balance record in the POH/AFM. [Figure 5-1]
Major Alteration and Repair

Within the following text, information concerning major
repairs or major alterations does not apply to any aircraft
within the light-sport category. This category of aircraft is
not eligible for major repairs or alterations.

Any major alteration or repair requires the work to be done
by an appropriately-rated aircraft mechanic or facility. The
work must be checked for conformity to FAA-approved
data and signed off by an aircraft mechanic holding an
Inspection Authorization, or by an authorized agent of
an appropriately rated FAA-approved repair station. A
repair station record or FAA Form 337, Major Repair and
Alteration, must be completed which describes the work.
A dated and signed revision to the weight and balance
record is made and kept with the maintenance records, and
the airplane’s new empty weight and empty weight arm or
moment index are entered in the POH/AFM.