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Issue II
04-2005
Owner‘s Manual
47
Maintenance
The maintenance has to follow the instructions and the proceedures set forth in this manual
by the manufacturer. The owner (not necessarily the user) is responsible to have this equip-
ment kept in a proper, safe and airworthy condition, by following the instructions in this ma-
nual and the national laws and regulations of the country in which he/she is using it.
The owner is responsible to report any problem he/she discovers to the manufacturer and
has to make sure that all service and or safety bulletins are being followed.
Types of maintenance ( Actions to obtain and maintain airworthyness )
1.1 Inspection of harness/container and reserve parachute including repack
2.1 Minor repair
2.2 Major repair
3.1 Minor alteration ( based on the manufacuters safety or technical bulletin)
3.2 Major alteration ( based on the manufacuters safety or technical bulletin)
Any kind of maintenance on this personal parachute system and it‘s components has to
be carried out by trained and validly licensed technical personel, or qualified persons with
aknowledged certification by following the instructions in this manual.
The proceedures, laws and regulations of the indivdual countries in which this personal
parachute system is used, can superseed the will and the intention of the manufacurer.
Please check with your national parachuting organisation and/or your civil aviation authorities
for potential legal collisions with the proceedures set forth in this manual.
Minor Repair
“A repair any other than a major repair.” Pointer Manual,Volume I, Glossary / Index .
Such as: Replacing (assemble) canopies, harness/container systems (rigs), pack
opening bands, cable housings, automatic actuation devices and harness hardware,
where major stitching is not required.
Making repairs to containers, repair of stitching (re-stitch), patching holes in
canopies.
Major Repair
1. That, if improperly done, may affect weight, balance, structure strength, perfor-
mance, flight characteristics or other qualities affecting airworthyness.
2. That is not according to accepted practices or cannot be done by elementary ope-
rations.
3. Which includes replacement of panels, ribs, lines, lateral bands, back straps, main
liftwebs. (Pointer Manual, Volume I, Chapter 7.01 and 7.02)
Tye of
mainenance
Manufacturer
or certified loft
Senior rigger
Master rigger
without certi-
fied loft
Intervall
Assembling and
compatability
check
yes yes yes
before initial use according to
manufacturer‘s instructions
Inspections and
reserve repacks
yes yes yes
- Before use
- within 12 months
- after emergency use
- after water landings
- after improper use
Minor repair
Minor alteration
yes yes yes
Major repair
Major alteration
yes no no
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