5. Recommending Improvements

TM 1-1520-238-PMS C 6 3 mission is completed, the 10 hour/14 day inspection must be completed before starting the next flight. In no case shall the aircraft intentionally be scheduled for a flight that will cause it to exceed the ten hour inspection due time by more than two hours without Commander’s prior approval. After such extension, the 10 hour/14 day inspection must be completed before starting the next day’s flight. The fourteen day interval is a full two weeks. That is, if a fourteen day inspection is done on a Tuesday, the next fourteen day inspection will not be due until Tuesday two weeks lat- er. Helicopters that are down, Not Mission Capable due to Supply (NMCS), or Not Mission Capable due to Maintenance (NMCM), are de- ferred from the 10 hour/14 day inspection until the helicopter is returned to flyable status. When the NMCS and/or NMCM condition is cleared from the helicopter that has been deferred, a 10 hour/14 day inspection must be done before the first flight. It is the maintenance officer’s respon- sibility to determine those inspections necessary during NMCS and/or NMCM to preserve the helicopter. Maintenance situations and climates vary too much to permit a definition of an adequate inspection of helicop- ters in NMCS and/or NMCM status. b. Accessing procedures and detailed inspection criteria can be found in the applicable maintenance manuals. Use the alphabetical in- dex in the applicable manuals. Unless otherwise directed, removed pan- els and opened doors will be reinstalled and closed upon completion of each area inspection. c. The total manhour (M/H) requirement for a complete 10 hour/14 day inspection is 4.0 M/H. 5. Recommending Improvements. You can help improve this manual by calling attention to errors and by recommending improve- ments. Your letter or DA Form 2028, Recommended Changes to Publi- cations, should be mailed directly to Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: AMSAM–MMC–MA-NP, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898–5230. 6. Inspection Areas. Inspection areas are shown in figure 1.