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.
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