Attachment_0038_-_Equipment_Publications_Defects_List.doc

ATTACHMENT 0038 -- Equipment Publications Defects Dec 2012

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

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* Classification: C = Critical; M = Major; O = Other/Minor

* Classification categories are defined in AMC-R 25-76.

CLASSIFICATION OF DEFECTS (NARRATIVE TECHNICAL MANUALS (TMS) AND REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOLS LISTS (RPSTLS)) – Taken from AMC-R 25-76 A-1. Critical. A defect affecting safety of personnel or causing damage to equipment. Such a defect is serious enough to warrant delaying of publication of manuals or preparation of an immediate change to the manual to prevent injury to personnel or damage to equipment and is reported to the proponent command for concurrence or comments. For IETMs, inability to load or navigate is a critical defect.

A-2. Major.

a. A defect causing lost time to DAEP user or affecting materiel readiness, but not classified as critical. Because of inadequate or inaccurate information, this type of defect may prevent the user from performing the particular test or repair function, or it may cause the user considerable loss of time or difficulty in performing a particular function.

b. A defect that prevents the user from identifying, locating, or requisitioning repair parts or special tools required to accomplish a maintenance function, and therefore causes a considerable loss of time performing the function.

c. Unless a waiver is obtained, major defects must be corrected in a publication change submitted to APD for printing/replication. Corrections must be made within 120 days of notification or identification of need for change.

d. Noncompliance with content specifications/standards is a major defect except for:

(1) Noncompliance affecting safety of personnel or damage to equipment. These would be classified as critical.

(2) At discretion of reviewer, minor noncompliance such as for format. These would be classified as other.

A-3. Other defects.

a. Defects involving the technical accuracy or content of a DAEP, or deviations from DAEP standards. This type of defect does not materially reduce the usability of the DAEP but may cause inconvenience and difficulty to the user in following instructions or in obtaining the required information. This level includes typographical or editorial errors not affecting accuracy or clarity.

b. Comments covering improvements of existing material. The material, as presented, may not be specifically prohibited by DA or AMC directives. However, improvements could prove to be cost effective, benefit the user, etc. The recommendations are not based on the opinion of an individual reviewer, but are based on the best judgment of many reviewers and the fact that if the instruction or other portion of the DAEP is not clear to the reviewer, it will not be clear to the user.

c. Defects also include material that was presented correctly at the time of preparation, but which has been outdated since publication. These comments result from DAEP standards being changed, revised, or newly formulated, which affect material that has already been prepared or published. Normally, six months is considered sufficient time to implement new directives.

d. These defects normally need not be corrected or implemented by separate change action, but may be included, where feasible, in changes produced for correction of major or critical defects. Separate changes may be produced for other defects when importance or quantity of changes warrant it, or when corrections would significantly aid the user in following instructions or accessing required information.

A-4. AQLs are defined as follows:

AQLs

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