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Reliability

Maintenance Steering Group-3 (MSG-3)

MSG-3 is a voluntary structured process developed by the industry and maintained by ATA to make decisions used to develop maintenance and inspection tasks and intervals for an airplane.
 
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“The MSG-3 (the MSG stands for “Maintenance Steering Group” but the abbreviation is universally used) is a decision-logic process for determining by reliability [...]

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Maintenance Significant Item (MSI)

Maintenance Significant Item (MSI) – Under MSG-3, items identified by the design approval holder whose failure could cause one of the following effects:
(1) It could affect safety on the ground or in flight,
(2) It could be undetectable during operations,
(3) It could have a significant impact on operations, or
(4) It could have a significant economic impact.
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