PS Magazine - JANUARY 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 362
JANUARY 1983
Dear MSG Half-Mast.
When we
±
seNd A piEce of EquiPmE²t
To sup³oR´ oµ a
DA
FoRm
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'
R
de¶e·
maInt¸na²ce¹
do
ºE
»1t1aL
Co¼umn e and
the status symboL i²
½o¼Umn b
of
thE o¾eRationa¿ (ÀÁÂ}
DÃ ÄoÅÆ
±4²³?
ÇÈGJÉ
w. O´
Dear SSG
J. W±
D.,
Yes and no± You initial Column e, but you do not initial the status symbol in
Transcribing a fault from the DA Form
µ¶·¶
to a DA Form
µ¶·7
or the
Column b±
deferred maintenance
µ¶·¶
is
not
a corrective a²tion± The fauLt stilL
-
exIsts±
You're just moving it from
l
form to another±
EXpl³in what you're doing´which form you're putting it on´In CoLumn d±
Sign or
µ
initial in Column e± ¶eave the status symbol alone±
Once you pUt the entry on another form, you can trash ·he DA Form
µ¶·¶
with the open fault´¸N¹º»» it is a ¼ot Mission Capable (½MC) fauLt± You keep
the operational DA Form
µ¶·¶
with an ¼MC fault on it until the fault is reall¾
fIxed±
¿Course, a fault carrying an
X
status
Àym
bol cannot be deferred± Áf it¿s an
ÂrganizÃtionalÄlevel job, the operational DA Form
µ¶·¶
is the ÅnLy mainÆ
tenance form that shows it± So the fault stays open´no iÇitial in CoLumn e
or
Ân the status symbol´until it¿s fixed±
¿Course, your CO or the designated representative may downgrade the
X
t a
circled
X
status for limited operations± A circle goes around the
X
status symbol
in CoLumn b for that situation± The limited operations are expl³ined in Column
d± The person authorizing the limited ops initials Column e±
But at the end
È
Éf the limited operÊtions, the status goes back to an
X¸
The status symbol in Column b of the DA Form
µ¶·¶
is initiaLed only When
the problem has been fixed by the operator´replacing a paË´or orÌaniÍ
zÎtiÂnaL Ïechanics±
I ²
:³,´"
µ¶
' ·; ?:±
²
ondering where to get the cards that go in the outside pocket of Ðour
· '
·
EquÑpment
³
ecords Folders? Make your own for now! Òou can make tHose
cards b¾ cutÓng down heav¾ paper, cardboard or indeÔ cards±
Homemade CarDs
Your PUbs CUrrent´
You won't get the la
±
test info from the tech manuals on your equipment if
the changes Õre gatherÑng dust on a shelf± Put Öem in the manual×now!
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