Appendix A. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION DA FORM 461-5 (VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION INSPECTION)

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION DA FORM 461-5

(VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION INSPECTION)

A-1 Preparation. Prepare DA form 461-5 (Figure 1) as follows:

a. Preinspection Information. Before the inspection of a vehicle, enter the following

information on the upper portion of DA Form 461-5:

(1) Nomenclature. Enter the vehicle's nomenclature.

(2) Registration Number. Enter the Army registration number marked on the vehicle,

indicate N/A if not available.

(3) Date of Delivery. Enter the date of the delivery to the government as shown on the

vehicle identification data plate of date of issue from depot storage.

(4) Manufacturer. Enter the name of the vehicle manufacturer.

(5) Model. Enter the vehicle model number as indicated on the data plate. (e.g., M54A2C)

(6) Serial Number. Enter the manufacturer's Serial Number. If your vehicle has a Vehicle

Identification Number (VIN), enter it in the remarks block on the reverse side of DA

form 461-5.

(7) Age. Enter the number of years from the date of vehicle delivery to the Government of

date of issue from depot storage, whichever is less. Date of delivery is obtained from the

vehicle identification data plate and/or from DA form 2408-9 (Equipment Control

Record). The age of the vehicle includes time spent in storage and time spent in service.

The time spent in storage is accrued at a rate of 50% for each year of storage, for which

no allowance is given. Time in service is counted at the full rate.

(8) Mileage. Enter the odometer reading. If available records indicate the

speedometer/odometer was replaced and/or set to zero, add all previously recorded

mileage to the present odometer reading. For overhauled vehicles, consider mileage

accumulated since the vehicle first entered the DA inventory. If there is no recorded

mileage, and odometer reading accuracy is questionable, enter an estimate, preceded by

"Est" on the form.

(9) Reason. In concise terms, enter the reason for performing the inspection (e.g. "accident",

"excess vehicle", or "major repair").

(10) Echelon of Rep. (Maintenance Level of Repair.) Enter the lowest maintenance

level that has the capability to undertake all of the indicated repairs.

(11) Inspection Standards. Enter the maintenance level, such as "direct" or

"general", to indicate that the inspection was conducted in accordance with

maintenance standards prescribed with direct support and general support

standards of maintenance.

(12) Upper Margin. Enter the National Stock Number (NSN) and Line Item Number (LIN)

of the vehicle. Also enter the document number of the excess report in this margin

when reporting to National Inventory Control Point (NICP) in accordance with AR-

725-50.

b. Inspection Results. Record the results of the actual vehicle inspection in the appropriate

column of DA Form 461-5.

(1) Item. Fill out the item column as follows:

(a) If two or more components or parts are listed, circle the item affected.

(b) Use blank lines to record significant items on the vehicle that are not listed on the

form. (e.g., the kingpin on towed vehicles.)