100-FOOT DIAMETER CARGO PARACHUTE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES (PMCS)

TM 10-1670-280-23&P 0006 00 100-FOOT DIAMETER CARGO PARACHUTE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES (PMCS) 0006 00-1 GENERAL The following describe PMCS procedures on the unit and direct support levels. The PMCS table has been provided to ensure the 100-Foot Diameter Cargo Parachute is in proper operating condition, and ready for its primary mission. Warnings and Cautions. Warnings and cautions appear before applicable procedures. You must observe these WARNINGS and CAUTIONS to prevent serious injury to yourself and others, and to prevent damage to equipment. Frequency of Performing PMCS. PMCS will be performed before equipment is packed for use, during modification and repair, after use, or at any time deemed necessary by the airdrop equipment maintenance officer. PMCS Columnar Entries Table 1. Enter data in columns as follows: Item number. The item number column shall be used as a source of the item number required for the TM Number column on DA Form 2404 (Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet) when recording the results of PMCS. Interval. This column identifies the required PMCS level. Item to be inspected. Contains the common name of the item to be inspected. Procedures. Provides a brief description of the procedure by which the checks are to be performed. Recording Defects. All defects discovered during the inspection will be recorded using the applicable specifics in DA PAM 738-750, DA PAM 738-751, and TB 43-0002-43. Overage Items. The 100-foot parachute has no age or service life. Inspection Function Requirement. Normally, airdrop equipment maintenance personnel at a packing, rigging, or repair activity will perform a technical/rigger-type inspection. The inspection of initial receipt items will be performed as a separate function from packing or rigging activity; the item to be inspected will be placed in proper layout on packing surface or suitable sized floor area. Should defect or damage be discovered at any point during the inspection, the inspection will be terminated and the applicable item will be processed and forwarded to repair activity. The repair activity, in turn, will conduct a technical/rigger-type inspection that will be performed by only those parachute rigger personnel cited in AR 750-32, Airdrop, Parachute Recovery and Aircraft Personnel Escape Systems. Any defect discovered during a unit level repair activity inspection which exceeds the capability of that activity will require the affected item to be evacuated to a direct support (DS) maintenance function for further determination of economic repair and repair accomplishment, if applicable. NOTE A parachute which is deemed unserviceable by a packing or rigging activity will be S-folded in its deployment bag prior to being sent to a repair activity.