An official website of the United States government
Here's how you know
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Home : Articles
Would you stake your life, right now, on the condition of your equipment?
Articles
NEWS | April 27, 2023

Chinook: SCAMP II Exceeds Floor Load Limits

BLUF: All Chinook personnel must stop loading the SCAMP II into their aircraft because it exceeds load limits for the floor.

Soldier drives SCAMP at training cite with Chinook
Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Fuel
 
If you transport the self-propelled crane aircraft maintenance and positioning (SCAMP) II inside Chinooks, make a note that aviation maintenance action message (AMAM) H-47-23-AMAM-01 says the SCAMP II exceeds the load limit for the floor and can damage the floor and loading ramp. 

Until the AMAM is rescinded, units are prohibited from internally loading the SCAMP II into all H-47 series aircraft.
 
External loading the SCAMP is currently the only approved method for transporting the SCAMP II. The AMAM provides rigging guidance.
 
To view the AMAM, click HERE.  Click on Consolidated Listings, select Aviation as the Record Type, H-47 as System Type and AMAM as Message Type. Then click Search. Results are listed in chronological order.
Apache
Apache Helicopter
Want to get better search results faster? 
Click the link below to access our "how to" guide.
After entering a keyword, you must hit or click the Search bar/box below for the function to work.
Simply hitting Return won't yield results.
LOGSA Links/URLs
Note about links to archive articles

If you come across a link to a pre-2014 PS Magazine issue or article that uses LOGSA in the web address (URL), use this link instead:
 
For issues/articles from 2014 and after, click on the Archive/Index tab in the top menu of this website.
BE ADVISED: With the migration to Army365, emails in older articles may still reflect an @mail.mil address. To update, change the domain to @army.mil