Historical Record for Aircraft

Aircraft Inspection & Maintenance Record

Army Aircraft Inventory Record

Component Installation and Removal Record

Equipment Inspection List

The only blocks peculiar to aircraft are 11k thru 11m, where you enter total hours operating time, total landings and total gas turbine engine hot starts, respectively. You pick up time and hot starts from your -13 at end of each inspection or maintenance action . . . landings from the past month's -12's and enter once only, as line (12) entry, each time you close out the -3.

DA Form 2408-18, a new form, gives you a record of odd interval calendar or time inspections . . . and serves as a home for those interim recurring inspections required by TWX or TB until each recurring inspection is picked up in the following revision of the aircraft's -20 manual.

You do not have to list an inspection on the -18 if that inspection coincides with an intermediate or periodic type inspection on the aircraft.

On either the calendar date or hours each inspection becomes due, you write it in Block 17 of the -13 as "inspection due" type entry, with a red horizontal

dash in the status column. Once the inspection has been signed off on the -13, go back to the -18 and erase the old date or time, writing in the new "next due" entry in Block 8. (It's obvious this is a pencil entry.)

You also use a minus (-) sign in Blocks 11 and 12 whenever you drain fuel or oil. Helps eliminate confusion on how much fuel and oil that aircraft consumed on a given day.

Oil dilution requires a statement in Block 17 covering: 1) duration of each dilution, 2) OAT and 3) oil temp. Oil dilution does not affect status of aircraft and needs no followup action.

THE -15 IS HISTORICAL

The new -15 has been honed down to a straight historical record and is not supposed to include any servicing type entries. Examples of the type entries this form should be restricted to are reports of major repairs-overhauls-one-time inspections of the entire aircraft-accidents or exposure to unusual conditions, such as salt water spray, radiation, storms or extremely dusty areas."

To differentiate between the type of entries going on the -13 and -15, all minor repair and incident category items should be put in Block 17 of the -13. All accident damage and radioactive contamination entries should be listed on both -13 and -15. The -13 serves as interim operational status record and -15 as permanent historical record. 恩

Each -15 entry should have the date in front, name and location of unit or activity behind-and include total flying hours to that date. With an accident entry, make additional remarks explaining how or why damage was done, if info's available.

WHEN DIRECTIVES ADD INSPECTIONS

Any time an aircraft TM is supplemented by an interim or formal directive, the supplemental instructions may include new inspection requirements. If so: Component modifications and one-time inspections are both entered on the -15 for that component.

Airframe modifications go on airframe -5, but one-time inspections belong on aircraft's -15. A

Recurring inspections you enter on the -18 by title or subject. And when each comes due, Block 17 of the -13 will state: "Recurring Requirement" and message number followed by "Initial Compliance Completed" in Block 18, Block 19 signature and dash clearance.

FOOTNOTES ON THE -16

You can use footnotes to explain lined out entries-such as when TBO or time to replacement changes, or an authorized extension has been granted.