Insight to performing first article inspection FAI:

Characteristic Accountability

The Company shall verify and record the results of every design characteristic during first article inspection FAI. Every design characteristic shall have its own unique characteristic number.

NOTE: Reference characteristics may be omitted from the first article inspection FAI.

NOTE: Use more than one line if needed for any characteristic.

NOTE: Characteristics not measurable in the final product shall be verified by destructive means or during the manufacturing process (as long as they are not affected by subsequent operations). Characteristics verified at the detail level may be referenced in the assembly-level first article inspection report (FAIR).

Record of Results

Results from inspection of design characteristics shall be expressed in quantitative terms when a design characteristic is expressed by numerical limits. The Company shall record the results in the units specified on the drawing or specification unless otherwise approved by the Customer. Go/no-go data may be used when the design characteristic does not specify numerical limits (e.g., break all sharp edges) or an inspection technique is unavailable to provide quantitative terms. Go/no-go data may also be used when qualified tooling is used as a check feature for a specific characteristic.

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Sixteen (16) Required Procedures:
Calibration (7.6)
Configuration management (7.3.7)
Contract review (7.2.2)
Control of nonconforming product (8.3)
Control of documents (4.2.3)
Control of production and service (7.5.1)
Control of records (4.2.4)
Corrective and preventive actions (8.5.2, 8.5.3)
Design development (7.3.4)
Internal audit (8.2.2)
Management Review (5.6)
Purchasing (7.4)
Receiving (7.4.3)
Responsibility and authority (5.5)
Shipping (7.2.1, 7.5.1, 7.5.5)
Training (6.2.2)

Eighteen (18) Required Records:
Calibration (7.6)
Contract review (7.2.2)
Control of nonconforming product (8.3)
Corrective action (8.5.2)
Customer property (7.5.4)
Design and development change (7.3.7)
Design and development inputs (7.3.2)
Design and development review (7.3.4)
Design and development validation (7.3.6)
Design and development verification (7.3.5)
Identification and traceability, if required (7.5.3)
Internal audits (8.2.2)
Management review minutes (5.6.1)
Monitoring and measurement of product (8.2.4)
Preventive action (8.5.3)
Planning of product realization (7.1)
Supplier evaluation (7.4.1)
Training (6.2.2)

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