Rig Paperwork???

[goblin 0]

I've just bought my first rig, second hand but only 4 jumps with all the order forms from when it was bought. I jump in Europe and the rig was bought from USA, but i am unsure of what paperwork i need for reserve re-packs/jump logs etc to keep a history of jumps on the rig. Is there official paperwork or does anyone have a blank one they use they could send me??

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[riggerrob 643]

Under American law, every reserve canopy comes with a "reserve packing data card."
The card includes: manufacturer, model, size and date of manufacture. All maintenance (when it was assembled into its current container, dates of repacks or repairs and notes about any Service Bulletins performed) should be written on the card and signed by a licensed parachute rigger.
Normally that card is stored in a special pocket, near the reserve pin.
Ask a local instructor or rigger to help you find yours.
If the card is missing, any rigger will be able to fill in a new card.

[RiggerLee 61]

Let me clarify that for you. It's one one little slip of paper. Like 6 inches by 6 inches. Not a whole fucking log book like you see over in some of the Europen countries. Look around you may have just missed it.

Lee

Lee
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[mark 107]

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Under American law, every reserve canopy comes with a "reserve packing data card."
The card includes: manufacturer, model, size and date of manufacture. All maintenance (when it was assembled into its current container, dates of repacks or repairs and notes about any Service Bulletins performed) should be written on the card and signed by a licensed parachute rigger.
Normally that card is stored in a special pocket, near the reserve pin.
Ask a local instructor or rigger to help you find yours.
If the card is missing, any rigger will be able to fill in a new card.

Under American law, every TSOd parachute system in service must have a packing data card. The required items on the card are: date and place of packing, rigger certificate number and signature, notation of defects found during the inspection.

The regulation assumes the packing data card is physically attached to the pack.

Because the card is rarely physically attached to the pack, the card customarily has additional info, such as manufacturer, make, model, serial number, date of manufacture, etc. It is more important to have rig info on the card than canopy info, since with only canopy info there is no way to tell the card belongs to the system except by opening it. There is no legal requirement to have any of this info on the card.

Although the card need show only the most recent pack, it's nice to have maintenance information on the card. However, regardless of who did a previous assembly, repair, or other maintenance, the current rigger is responsible for ensuring it was done correctly. For example, I cannot accept a previous rigger's notation of compliance with RWS SB 230505, Inspection of VTC-2 Tandem Reserve A Line Attachments, as sufficient to show actual compliance, even if I were a senior rigger and the previous rigger had a master rigger rating.

Mark