e reporting that the mishap is classified under a specified criterion of classification. This process involves first accessing the cost and damage created by the mishap, and applying that information to the established criteria in order to determine the class of the mishap (a-d). The criteria provided below is quoted from AFI 91-204:Estimating Cost of Mishap:If the intended mission objectives are not met due to the failure of a non-recover-able missile and damage results, report the acquisition cost of the launch vehicle and the acquisition cost of the payload..Missile Support Equipment: Calculate MSE damage at the full cost of repair orreplacement of the property, not counting normal launches residual damage.Pre-launch Damage: Compute all ground-launch missile pre-launch damageoccurring without the missile being launched, to include transportation and storage, at the full cost to replace or repair. These costs will include the direct labor and materials for the repair.Drop Criteria: For missiles or all-up-round components dropped a distance thatexceeds the drop criteria in the specific item technical order, estimate the mishap cost at 15 percent of the item replacement cost in the current stock catalog. After initial mishap class determination, upgrade or downgrade the mishap class only if actual cost can be determined. Upgrade or downgrade can be accomplished after completion of final evaluation.Parachute-recovered Missiles: Include the repair costs or loss involved related to abnormal events or clearly excessive damage. Abnormal events include torn parachutes, late recovery initiation, failure of a parachute to blossom or release, high winds, etc. Excessive damage includes buckling of the main fuselage, fire at impact, destruction of the payload section, etc. Do not include the cost of expected damage to parachute-recovered missiles resulting solely fromsurface impact during an otherwise normal recovery sequence is an operational exp...
