PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 726
MAY 2013
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PS 726
MAY 13
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PS 726
MAY 13
M
echanics, during everyday maintenance, it’s quick and easy to break open aircraft
Frst aid kits to take care of minor cuts and injuries.
Problem is, your aircraft Frst aid kits aren’t meant for casual use. They are needed
for emergencies during missions.
If the aircraft Frst aid kits do get used, always return them to the Aviation Life
Support Equipment (ALSE) shop for re-packing, re-sealing and re-tagging. ±irst aid
kits with broken seals shouldn’t be left on aircraft. You don’t want them missing
items you’ll need in an emergency.
Also, AR 95-1,
Flight Regulations,
says that each aircraft must carry the right
number of kits for the number of occupants. Each kit must have a yellow DD ±orm
1574 tag annotated with the kit’s next inspection due date and a seal that must be
inspected as part of pre-²ight. Breaking those seals to use the kits should be avoided
when you’re not on a mission.
If the seal is broken or the tag has expired, take the kit to your
ALSE tech and have it inspected, then re-packed and re-sealed. When
you get the kit back make sure you look at the next inspection due
date. You’ll also need to update your DA ±orm 2408-18,
Equipment
Inspection List,
to re²ect the new inspection date.
’Course, when you pre-²ight your
aircraft, make sure your kits have not
been opened. If they have been, you
may not be able to ²y until the kit gets
inspected and replaced with a new one.
Remember, your aircraft Frst aid kits
are for mission emergencies. The Frst
aid kits posted in the shops and around
the hangar area are meant for routine
nicks and cuts.
M
echanics, on Page 38 of PS 656 (Jul 07), we told you about the aviation ground
support equipment (AGSE) ofFce giving the thumbs up on using the turbine engine
wash system-commercial (TEWS-C), NSN 4940–01-514-0087.
To keep your wash unit in tip-top shape with PMCS, make a note that the
commercial manual can be viewed on PM AGSE’s JTDI website:
Go to the website and login with your CAC. Then click on the AGSE tab. Under
the AGSE tab, click on Maintenance, then click on TEWS-C Maintenance Manual.
There you’ll Fnd
the good word on maintaining your wash unit. Remember, the
TEWS-C is a part of your AVUM No. 2 shop tool set.
Make a note that the majority of the parts for TEWS-C and its engine are available
through the supply system. Also, keep your eyes peeled. The TEWS engine manual
will be added to the JTDI website soon.
All
Aircraft…
First Aid Kits
are
Not
For Daily Use
AGSE…
Turbine Engine Wash System
Use shop
and hangar
kits for
Frst aid, not
aircraft kits!
I see you
Cut
your hand! lemme
get you a bandage
from this aircraft
first aid kit!
and if you
do
use one,
you’ll hAve to turn it in to
ALSE for re-
packing,
re-
sealing
and re-
tagging!
Hold on!
These aircraft
first aid kits
are
nOT
for
casual use!
I’M TELLiNG
Yah, DOC…
…SOMETHiNG
iN MY
PLUMBiNG
JUST
DOESN’T
FEEL RiGHT!
AHHHH…
I THiNK I’VE
FOUND the
PROBLEM
HERE iN YOUR
MANUAL.
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