MIL-STD-849 Inspection Requirements, Definitions And Classification Of Defects For ParachutesThis standard establishes the inspection requirements and a standard classification of manufacturing and final assembly defects for parachutes.

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MIL-STD-849B

TABLE VII. Classification of defects - personnel parachute harnesses, risers, static lines, bridle lines, straps, lanyards, and pockets - Continued.

Classification No. Defect Major/Critical Minor

Kinks, intermittent, less than 2 inches apart		209
Stitch pattern length not as specified (stitch patterns up to
5 inches long)
Up to 1/8 inch		210
Over 1/8 inch minus	112
Over 1/8 inch plus		211
Stitch lengths pattern not as specified (stitch patterns over
5 inches long)
Up to 1/4 inch		212
Over 1/4 inch minus	113
Over 1/4 inch plus		213

6.	Needle damage (cuts or chews)
	1 cut warp end		214
	More than 1 cut warp end	114
	Damage to filling thread over 3/8 inch	115

NOTE: Damage to more than 1 fill thread not allowed

in risers or leg and chest straps.

7. Repairs

Broken or missing stitching not reinforced by restitching 116

NOTE: Repairs in risers and leg straps not permitted.

Improper assembly per TDP

117

Component(s) missing per TDP

118

10.

Identification marking illegible, incorrect or missing

215

11.

Searing over stitching

119

12.

Thread ends not clipped

216

Up to 2 inches

Over 2 -inches

120

217