Product Details | TUBE TO BOSS TEE

4730-00-278-8398 A fitting having three connections with the branch connection fixed at 90 degrees (1.5705 radians) to the run. The tube connection(s) has machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series) designed to accommodate a tube, or is unthreaded and designed to accommodate a tube. The boss connection(s) has external or internal machine threads (straight threads other than pipe or hose series), and is designed to facilitate a gasket, preformed packing, washer, or the like, to form a seal at the boss. It may have side inlet(s). It is used as a junction at the intersection of a tube or fitting and a boss or boss fitting on items such as a tank, housing, valve fitting, or the like. See also TEE, TUBE; and TEE, PIPE TO TUBE. Excludes CONNECTOR, MULTIPLE, FLUID PRESSURE LINE.

Part Alternates: MS219114, MS21911-4, MS21911V4P, AS18280, AS21911, 4730-00-278-8398, 00-278-8398, 4730002788398, 002788398

Pipe, Tubing, Hose, and Fittings | Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings

Supply Group (FSG) NSN Assign. NIIN
47 01 JAN 1961 00-278-8398

Demand History | NSN 4730-00-278-8398

Part Number Request Date QTY Origin
4730-00-278-8398 2022-06-153 70 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2022-05-142 70 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2016-05-133 1 United States
4730-00-278-8398 2015-12-346 2 Malaysia
MS219114 2015-12-342 10 Malaysia
AS18280 2014-10-280 1 US
4730-00-278-8398 2012-03-89 56 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2011-12-342 51 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2009-05-126 99 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2009-03-63 58 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2009-02-56 40 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2009-01-02 59 DIBBS
4730-00-278-8398 2008-12-343 15 DIBBS

Cross Reference | NSN 4730-00-278-8398

Part Number Cage Code Manufacturer
AS18280 81343 SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS INC
AS21911 81343 SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS INC
MS21911-4 96906 MILITARY STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS
MS21911V4P 81343 SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS INC

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Technical Data | NSN 4730-00-278-8398

Characteristic Specifications
MATERIAL STEEL OVERALL
SURFACE TREATMENT CADMIUM OVERALL
CONNECTION TYPE THREADED EXTERNAL TUBE 1ST END THREADED INTERNAL BOSS 2ND END THREADED EXTERNAL BOSS 3RD END
CONNECTION STYLE B66 FLARELESS 1ST END B9 GASKET SEAL 2ND END B71A EXTERNAL SEAT FOR GASKET SEAL 3RD END
SEAT ANGLE 12.0 DEGREES 1ST END
NOMINAL OUTSIDE DIAMETER TUBE ACCOMMODATED 0.250 INCHES 1ST END
THREAD SERIES DESIGNATOR UNJF ALL ENDS UNJF 1ST END BULKHEAD
NOMINAL THREAD SIZE 0.438 INCHES ALL ENDS 0.438 INCHES 1ST END BULKHEAD
THREAD CLASS 3A 1ST END 3B 2ND END 3A 3RD END 3A 1ST END BULKHEAD
LEG LENGTH 1.672 INCHES NOMINAL 1ST END 0.750 INCHES NOMINAL 2ND END 1.094 INCHES NOMINAL 3RD END
SPECIAL FEATURES USED ON GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT,MODEL A10;WEAPON SYSTEM ESSENTIAL
SPECIFICATION/STANDARD DATA 96906-MS21911 GOVERNMENT STANDARD
CRITICALITY CODE JUSTIFICATION FEAT
III END ITEM IDENTIFICATION AIRCRAFT, HERCULES C-130

Restrictions/Controls & Freight Information | NSN 4730-00-278-8398

Category Code Description
Shelf-Life Code:0Nondeteriorative
Hazardous Material Indicator CodeNThere is no data in the HMIS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials
Demilitarization Code:ANon-Munitions List Item/ Non-Strategic List Item - Demilitarization not required.
Controlled Inventory Item Code:UUNCLASSIFIED
Precious Metals Indicator Code:UPrecious metal type is unknown
Criticality Code:YThe item does not have a nuclear hardened feature but does have other critical feature(s) such as tolerance, fit restriction or application.
Category Code Description
NMF Description 052190 PIPE,TUBING,OR PIPE OR TUBING FITTI
Less than car load rating
Less than truck load rating W Rating Variable
Water commodity Code 576 unknown
Originating Activity Code XX
Air Dimension Code A Shipment is not a consolidation and does not exceed 72 inches in any dimension.
Air Commodity B Construction materials: Includes paint and related materials, prefabricated building, wood products, metal and composition materials and their products, commercial hardware and miscellaneous items, cement, asphalt, building maintenance materials.
Air Special Handling Z No special handling required.
Special Handling Code 9 unknonwn
HAZMAT
Type of Cargo Z No special type of cargo code applicable

Management | NSN 4730-00-278-8398

Category Code Description
Materiel Category and Inventory ManagerJ Ground Forces Support Materiel (DLA/GSA Items)
Appropriation and Budget Activity2 Stock Fund Secondary Items
Management Inventory Segment2 NONREPARABLE ITEMS (Exclusive of Insurance and Provisioning Items). This code will be used to identify items which are not reparable.
Specific Group/Generic Code0 Medical Materiel
Weapons Systems/End Item or Homogeneous Group00DLA/GSA-Managed Items that cannot be identified to a specific Army Weapons Systems/End Item
Accounting Requirements CodeX Expendable item. An item of Army property coded with an ARC of ?X? in the AMDF. Expendable items require no formal accountability after issue from a stock record account. Commercial and fabricated items similar to items coded ?X? in the AMDF are considered expendable items.
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDADepartment of the Army
Service OrganizationAU.S. Army
ReparabilityZThis is a nonreparable item. If condemned or economically unserviceable, then dispose at the level authorized replace the item.
Acquisition Advice CodesZINSURANCE/NUMERIC STOCKAGE OBJECTIVE ITEM # Items which may be required occasionally or intermittently, and prudence requires that a nominal quantity of materiel be stocked due to the essentiality or the lead time of the item. 1. The item is centrally managed, stocked, and issued. 2. Requisitions will be submitted in accordance with IMM/Service requisitioning procedures.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life Code0Nondeteriorative
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
EA : Each
Category Code Description
Budget Code9 General Support DIV57X4921.070:Air Force decentrally managed expense items (ERRC XB3, XF-3) with a unit cost of less than $250,000 that are requisitioned/procured at base (retail) level from DLA, GSA, Army, Navy, Depot Maintenance Service, Air Force Industrial Fund (AFMC), local manufacture and commercial vendors.
Fund CodeSFStock fund applicable to items managed for the Air Force by the respective Inventory Control Point.
Materiel Management Aggregation CodeSXSX:AF SICA RESIDUAL MMAC-OC-ALC
Price ValidationV The current standard price has been validated.
  • The item has been analyzed in conjunction with the Zero Overpricing Program and is in the accepted price range.
  • The item was procured under open competition and under the competitive arena the price is considered fair and reasonable.
  • ZOP or Standard price challenges are permissible but must be supported by adequate justification.
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDFDepartment of the Air Force
Service OrganizationFU.S. Air Force
ReparabilityNStock Fund (except Munitions)
Acquisition Advice CodesZINSURANCE/NUMERIC STOCKAGE OBJECTIVE ITEM # Items which may be required occasionally or intermittently, and prudence requires that a nominal quantity of materiel be stocked due to the essentiality or the lead time of the item. 1. The item is centrally managed, stocked, and issued. 2. Requisitions will be submitted in accordance with IMM/Service requisitioning procedures.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life Code0Nondeteriorative
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
EA : Each
Category Code Description
Cognizance Codes9BNavy-owned stocks of DLA material
Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDNDepartment of the Navy
Service OrganizationNU.S. Navy
Acquisition Advice CodesZINSURANCE/NUMERIC STOCKAGE OBJECTIVE ITEM # Items which may be required occasionally or intermittently, and prudence requires that a nominal quantity of materiel be stocked due to the essentiality or the lead time of the item. 1. The item is centrally managed, stocked, and issued. 2. Requisitions will be submitted in accordance with IMM/Service requisitioning procedures.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life Code0Nondeteriorative
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
EA : Each