Q21. Q22. Q23. What report provides for automatic audit and update of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNOs) data bank for aircraft management? An Aircraft Accounting Audit Report is being drafted. What course of action should you take if you discover that the latest status of an aircraft has not been reported by OPNAV XRAY report? What is the submission deadline for Aircraft Accounting Audit Reports? SUMMARY The  Aircraft Inventory Reporting System (AIR), OPNAVINST  5442.3,  is  the  governing  directive  on  the Aircraft Inventory Reporting system. The OPNAV XRAY report is used to report custody changes, status changes, inventory changes, and service life factors of aircraft. Certain items are required on all OPNAV XRAY reports. Items A through F, V, and Remarks are required on all OPNAV XRAY reports except Part I, change  of  location  reports.  The  SUBJ  line  of  an OPNAV  XRAY  report  should  specify  the  report symbol  OPNAV  5442-1.  The  Chief  of  Naval Operations (CNO) assigns and maintains the master bureau number listing. The date on the OPNAV XRAY should  appear  in  the  month-day-year  (mmddyy) format. Action codes A, F, G, R, and Y are required when change in aircraft custody is reported. OPNAV XRAY Action Code M is used to report a change in aircraft model designation. OPNAV XRAY Status Code G10 is used to describe an aircraft in the process of an Aircraft Service Period Adjustment (ASPA) inspection. There are five Strike and Damage codes that are used in aircraft inventory reporting. A category 5 Strike and Damage code is used to report substantially damaged but repairable aircraft. When the estimated completion  date  for  special  or  standard  rework  changes by at least 2 days, the change must be reported in item N on the OPNAV XRAY report. Item V in the OPNAV XRAY report identifies the location of the reporting custodian. A corrected OPNAV XRAY report must be submitted not later than 1200 hours the day the error is discovered. The word CORRECT or DELETE is used in item Z of the OPNAV XRAY report to indicate that an item should be corrected or deleted. The  Aircraft  Accounting  Audit  Report  provides  for automatic audit and update of the CNO data bank for aircraft management. The information required for submission of the Aircraft Accounting Audit Report should be obtained from the- Aircraft Record “A” Card. An Aircraft Record “A” Card for a transferred or stricken aircraft should be retained for 12 months after the strike or transfer of the aircraft. When an aircraft is transferred, the current Aircraft Record “A” Card should be placed in the folder in the back inside cover of the aircraft logbook. The reverse side of the Aircraft “A” Card is used to document flight and landing data for the aircraft. If the latest status of an aircraft has not been reported by an OPNAV XRAY report when an Aircraft  Accounting  Audit  Report  is  being  prepared,  an OPNAV XRAY report should be submitted with the update of the status. The submission deadline for the Aircraft Accounting Audit Report is 1600 hours on the third work day of the report date. This chapter covered aircraft inventory reporting. Remember, today’s naval aircraft cost millions of dollars each. Accurate aircraft locations and the latest aircraft status are critical to asset management as well as in support of naval activities’ primary concern: mission readiness. 7-22