DI-SESS-81927
Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Report (FACAR) (NAVY)
Provides immediate reporting of failure, subsequent failure analysis results, and corrective action recommendations for reliability test requirements and failures described in the contract.
Approval DateJuly 1, 2013
AMSC NumberN9390
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OPRSH/PMS404
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Applicable FormsTest Incident Report (TIR) interactive web Corrective Action submittal form or other Army Test Incident Reporting Systems (ATIRS) approved format/transfer method for Army Test Command (ATC) Vision Digital Library System (VDLS) (optional).
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963C CompliantNo
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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Provides immediate reporting of failure, subsequent details failure analysis results, and corrective action recommendations.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions for the data resulting from the Reliability test requirements and failures described in the contract (see MIL-HDBK-781A for sample test methods).
Preparation Instructions
1Reference DocumentsThe applicable issue of the documents cited herein, including their approval dates and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions, shall be as cited in the current issue of the ASSIST at the time of solicitation; or, for non ASSIST-listed documents, as stated herein.
2FormatThe report shall be in the contractor's format and shall be the same for both the Preliminary and the Final report.
3ContentThe Preliminary Report shall contain the following items:
The Final Report shall contain the items required in the Preliminary Report and the following additional items shall be included:
3.1Originator of the report
3.2Date of the failure/Incident (TIR block 40)
3.3Date of Hardware Receipt from Government
3.4Start date of Contractor's Report
3.5Contractor's name
3.6Failure Analysis Report Number
3.7Contract number
3.8Equipment, title, part number, and serial number
3.9Assembly title, part number, and serial number
3.10Subassembly title, element or module title, part number, and serial number
3.11Part name, part number, serial number, date code, and manufacturer
3.12Reference designator
3.13Name and specification of test failed
3.14Elapsed time and phase of test failed
3.15Total operation time of unit at time of failure
3.16Test Phase Performed (i.e. vendor, CCA First Function, FAT, pre-range, in-water, post-range, etc.)
3.17Failure symptoms
3.18Failure mode, Developer's Analysis of Problem (ref: TIR block 106)
3.19Classification failure (independent or dependent)
3.20Type of failure from Failure Keyword List (See 4)
3.21Operational and environmental conditions under which the failure occurred
3.22Disposition of failed item
3.23Any supplemental information relating to the failureAny supplemental information relating to the failure (i.e., any internal contractor assessments, records, reports, correspondence, etc.)
3.24Corrective Action Status (ref: TIR block 100)The content shall include one of:
3.24.1"Open" (no solution is proposed)
3.24.2"Proposed" (FACAR Initial or Final submitted by contractor)
3.24.3"Verified" (demonstrated at Test Site)
3.24.4"Reviewed" (Corrective Action Review Team (CART) judges Corrective Action as effective)
3.24.5"Completed" (approved for production implementation)
3.24.6"Incomplete" (external program influence)
3.24.7"Not Required"
3.25Failure analysis methods
3.26Corrective Action Test Results (ref: TIR block 108)
3.27Failure analysis results including parts analysis
3.28Failure history including vendor, subcontractor, factory
3.29Failure trend analysis
3.30Statement as to whether this is a pattern failureIf it is, the reports of the other failure(s) will be referenced.
3.31Corrective Action
3.31.1Description for individual equipment failure (ref: TIR block 107)
3.31.2Implementation - Planned/Achieved to prevent other failures for (ref: TIR block 109)
3.31.2.1Present corrective action
3.31.2.2Forward corrective action
3.31.2.3Backward corrective action
3.32Identification of root cause
3.33Items affected by corrective action
3.34TMIS number
3.35Mission impact
3.36CriticalityThe content shall include one of:
3.36.1CatastrophicA failure which would create safety hazards to personnel and or loss of system platform.
3.36.2CriticalA failure which will result in mission loss.
3.36.3MajorA failure which would degrade in-water performance or cause reduction in availability.
3.36.4MinorA failure which would degrade performance or cause reduction in availability but would not result in degraded in-water performance.
3.37Conference DateDate item was scored by Government
3.38Lot Number (i.e. LRIP 1, LRIP 2, etc.)
3.39Summary of changes
4Failure Keyword ListThe Failure Keyword List shall include:
4.1Workmanship
4.2Handling
4.3Process
4.4Design
4.5Marking
4.6Test Equipment
4.7Contamination
4.8Open Bond Wire
4.9Electrical Short
4.10Electrical Open
4.11Software
4.12Mechanical
4.13Testing Error
4.14Tolerance
4.15Nonrelevant
4.16Under Investigation
4.17Unknown
4.18Unverified
4.19Glitch
4.20Component
4.21Non valid
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