Approved For Rele 2001 8£@Rff IA-RDP33-0241 5A000300290081-7 - - @ ' DPD-6714- 59 6 October 1959 MEMORANDUM FOR Acting Chief DPD-DD P SUBJECT Malfunction Report Period Endi ng 30 September 1959 1 The following malfunction infonnation is presented for the period ending 30 September 1959 I Communications A B Detachment B11 l System III Two failures of the third l ocal oscil lator board discriminator One failure was on Mission 8638 2 System VI One instance of jammed tape and one instance of loss of the 3KC marker tone were reported 3 SYstem VII During Mission 4137 a blower motor in a power supply fai l ed which caused several components to overheat and burn out Detachment II c Failure of the System III and VI on Missions 6o37 6o38 6o42 and 6o44 Only partial success was reported on Mission 6040 Total equipment malfunctions were 8 each recorders 6 each third local oscillator boards 2 each info ampl ifier power supplies 1 each distributed ampl ifier and leach timer The reason for the mal functions -wa s based on turning the equipment on at altitude a procedure 'Which has been standard at Detachment B0 for this equipment II Photographic Equipment A During the period l September 1959 through 30 September there were a total of twenty- two missions reported flown using photographic equipment Equipments malfunctioned on two o f these missions giving an overall effectiveness of 91 Approved For Release 2001 03 ftfR DP3_3-02415A000300290081-7 Approved For Rele e 2001 03I 8£GflEfRDP33-0241j A000300290081-7 DPD- 6714-59 PAGE TWO II Photographic Equipment Cont ' d B Equipment reliability for the above referenced period was A-1 Conf Missions Flown Malfunctions Per Cent Eff c 0 0 0 A- 2 Conf B Conf Trackers 12 21 0 0 2 l oo lO C o 3 90 05% On Mission No CT-59-56 the tracker SR-9 was damaged and was returned to the depot for repairs and overhaul 25X1A - mrs Chief Materiel Branch DPD- DD P 25X1A MB DPD- DD P Dist 0 - A7 ff f5PD 1 - DD P 1 - C OPS DPD 1 - C MAT DPD 1 - RI DPD Approved For Release 2001 o RffA-RDP33-02415A000300290081-7