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Engineering Handbook Series for Aircraft Repair; General Manual for Structural Repair

Technical Order (TO) I-IA-I is one of a series of manuals 
prepared to assist personnel engaged in the general mainte- 
nance and repair of military aircraft. This manual covers 
general aircraft structural repair. 
This is a Joint-Service manual and some information may 
be directed at one branch of the service and not the other. 
Wherever the text of the manual refers to Air Force 
technical orders for supportive information, refer to the 
comparable Navy documents (see Table l). 
The satisfactory performance of aircraft requires continu- 
ous attention to maintenance and repair to maintain aircraft 
structural integrity. Improper maintenance and repair tech- 
niques can pose an immediate and potential danger. The 
reliability of aircraft depends on the quality of the design, 
as well as the workmanship used in making the repairs. 
It is important that maintenance and repair operations be 
made according to the best available techniques to elimi- 
nate, or at least minimize, possible failures. 
Navy and Marine Corps personnel SHALL submit 
changes/corrections at muv.natec.navy.mil, the Technical 
Publication Discrepancy Reporting (TPDR) process on- 
line. Instructions for submission of TPDRs are in COM- 
NAVAIRFORINST 4790.2 (NAMP), Volume V, Chapter 
10.

This manual contains up-to-date information and practices 
for aircraft structural repair. It has been compiled from 
information contained in AC-43.13-2A (Acceptable Meth- 
ods, Techniques, and Practices: Aircraft Inspection and 
Repair), weapon system-specific structural repair manuals, 
and applicable military and commercial specifications. In 
addition, guidance published by the American Society for 
Metals (ASM), the American Society for Testing and 
Materials (ASTM), and the American Welding Society 
(AWS) has been included where appropriate.