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 VIII. Classification of defects - deployment bags and packs

(other than personnel) - Continued.

Classification No. Defect Major/Critical Minor

Tension too loose or too tight, up to 4 inches per seam		206
Tension too loose or too tight, over 4 inches per seam	114
Kinks, intermittent, less than 2 inches apart		207
Stitch pattern lengths not as specified (stitch patterns up to
5 inches long)
Up to 1/8 inch		208
Over 1/8 inch minus	115
Over 1/8 inch plus		209
Stitch pattern lengths not as specified (stitch patterns over
5 inches long)
Up to 1/4 inch		210
Over 1/4 inch minus	116
Over 1/4 inch plus		211

Pleats over 1/16 inch

117

212

10.

Needle damage

Up to 1/4 inch and 2 per bag

Over 1/4 inch or more than 2 per bag

118

11.

Holes, darns, and repairs

Holes over 1/8 inch diameter

Holes, less than 1/16 inch diameter, up to 3 per bag

Holes, more than 3 per bag, any size

Darns and repairs

From 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch

119

120

213

214

Over 1/2 inch

121

Darns, more than 4 per bag, any size

122

12.

Improper assembly per TDP

123

13.

Component(s) missing per TDP

124

14.

Ends of webbing, tape, and cord not seared, waxed, scissor cut or serged as specified

215

15.

Identification marking illegible, incorrect or missing

216