Where can you find the AFTO Form 244 and 245 for most equipment?

Where can you find the AFTO Form 244 and 245 for most equipment?

• A. In the maintenance office
• B. Attached to the equipment
• C. In the supply room
• D. In the QA files

Answer: (B)

These forms are kept with the item to ensure maintenance history and discrepancies travel with the equipment. Attaching AFTO 244 and 245 to the equipment allows any technician or inspector to instantly review the current status, recent maintenance actions, and any open discrepancies before further work or use. This portability keeps maintenance traceable across all hands and avoids lost or separated records. Keeping the forms in the maintenance office would break this continuity, as the history wouldn’t be readily visible to the person working on or using the item. The supply room handles parts, not the ongoing maintenance records for individual assets. Quality Assurance files contain inspection results and audits, not the live maintenance history attached to each piece of equipment.

These forms are kept with the item to ensure maintenance history and discrepancies travel with the equipment. Attaching AFTO 244 and 245 to the equipment allows any technician or inspector to instantly review the current status, recent maintenance actions, and any open discrepancies before further work or use. This portability keeps maintenance traceable across all hands and avoids lost or separated records.

Keeping the forms in the maintenance office would break this continuity, as the history wouldn’t be readily visible to the person working on or using the item. The supply room handles parts, not the ongoing maintenance records for individual assets. Quality Assurance files contain inspection results and audits, not the live maintenance history attached to each piece of equipment.