AS9102

AEROSPACESTANDARD(R)AerospaceFirstArticleInspectionRequirementSAETechnicalStandardsBoardRulesprovidethat:“ThisreportispublishedbySAEtoadvancethestateoftechnicalandengineeringsciences.Theuseofthisreportisentirelyvoluntary,anditsapplicabilityandsuitabilityforanyparticularuse,includinganypatentinfringementarisingtherefrom,isthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser.”SAEreviewseachtechnicalreportatleasteveryfiveyearsatwhichtimeitmaybereaffirmed,revised,orcancelled.SAEinvitesyourwrittencommentsandsuggestions.Copyright©2004SAEInternationalAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofSAE.TOPLACEADOCUMENTORDER:Tel:[phone](insideUSAandCanada)Tel:[phone](outsideUSA)Fax:[phone]Email:[e-mail]:®AS9102TechnicallyequivalenttoAECMAprEN9102REV.AFOREWORDInDecember1998,theAerospaceIndustryhadestablishedtheInternationalAerospaceQualityGroup(IAQG)withthepurposeofachievingsignificantimprovementsinqualityandreductionsincostthroughoutthevaluestream.Thisorganization,withrepresentationfromAerospacecompaniesinAmericas,AsiaandEuropeandsponsoredbySAE,SJAC,andAECMAhasagreedtotakeresponsibilityforthetechnicalcontentsofthisstandard.TABLEOFCONTENTS1.INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................31.1Scope.............................................................................................................................31.2Purpose..........................................................................................................................31.3Convention.....................................................................................................................32.REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................33.DEFINITIONS......................................................................................................................44.APPLICABILITY...................................................................................................................55.REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................55.1PartRequirements.........................................................................................................55.2EvaluationActivities.......................................................................................................65.3PartialorRe-accomplishmentofFirstArticleInspection................................................65.4NonconformanceHandling.............................................................................................7SAEAS9102RevisionA-2-5.5Documentation...............................................................................................................75.5.1Forms.............................................................................................................................75.5.2CharacteristicAccountability..........................................................................................85.5.3RecordofResults...........................................................................................................85.6ControlofRecords.........................................................................................................86.NOTES.................................................................................................................................9APPENDIXAFORMSANDGUIDELINESTOCOMPLETETHEFORMS............................10SAEAS9102RevisionA-3-1.INTRODUCTION:1.1Scope:ThisSAEAerospaceStandard(AS)establishesrequirementsforperforminganddocumentingtheFirstArticleInspection(FAI).1.2Purpose:ThepurposeoftheFirstArticleInspectionistogiveobjectiveevidencethatallengineering,designandspecificationrequirementsarecorrectlyunderstood,accountedfor,verified,andrecorded.ThepurposeofthisstandardistoprovideaconsistentdocumentationrequirementforaerospacecomponentsFAI.1.3Convention:ThefollowingconventionisusedinthisStandard.•Thewords“shall”and“must”indicatemandatoryrequirements.•Theword“should”indicatesmandatoryrequirementswithsomeflexibilityallowedincompliancemethodology.AnOrganizationispermittedtoshowthatitsapproachmeetstheintentoftherequirementandthisstandard.•Words“typical”,“example”or“e.g.”showsuggestionsgivenforguidanceonly.•“Notes”areusedforadditionalclarification.2.REFERENCES:1.InternationalAerospaceStandard9100“QualitySystems-Aerospace-ModelforQualityAssuranceinDesign,Development,Production,InstallationandServicing”.2.InternationalAerospaceStandard9103“VariationManagementinKeyCharacteristics”.3.InternationalAerospaceStandard9131“QualitySystems-NonconformanceDocumentation”.SAEAS9102RevisionA-4-3.DEFINITIONS:ATTRIBUTEDATA:Aresultfromachar