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54/64Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation (ICAO Annex 13 / Regulation (EU) No 996/2010)

Notification

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General (ICAO)

ICAO Annex 13 Chapter 4 (Notification) governs the immediate notification for accidents and serious incidents.

§4.1 — The State of Occurrence must without delay notify:

  • The State of Registry of the aircraft,
  • The State of the Operator,
  • The State of Design,
  • The State of Manufacture,
  • ICAO (when aircraft MTOM exceeds 2 250 kg or it has a turbojet engine).

The notification includes:

  • Identifier (Annex 13 §4.2: code "ACCID" or "INCID"),
  • Manufacturer, type, registration, serial number,
  • Owner/operator, pilot-in-command,
  • Date/time (UTC), last departure and intended landing place,
  • Position, persons on board, fatalities/serious/minor injuries,
  • Nature of the occurrence, damage,
  • Availability of physical evidence.

§5.1 — The State of Occurrence shall institute an investigation; it may delegate the whole or part of it to another State.

Obligation of pilot/operator: The pilot-in-command or operator must report the event to the competent authority of the State where it occurred — usually the national investigation authority or ATC.

Europe (EASA / EU)

Regulation (EU) 996/2010 Art. 9 (Obligation to notify):

  • Every person involved in an accident or serious incident must inform the competent national safety investigation authority without delay.
  • The investigation authority in turn informs EASA and the European Commission if a commercial aircraft or EU-certified type is involved.

Art. 5 — The investigation authority shall carry out a safety investigation of every accident and serious incident involving a civil-registered aircraft with MTOM > 2 250 kg.

Art. 16 — The safety investigation report shall be published as soon as possible, ideally within 12 months of the event.

Germany (national)

§5 FlUUG prescribes: The pilot-in-command, owner, operator and all other involved persons must without delay report any accident/serious incident to the Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU).

BFU notification channels (24h on-call):

  • Telephone: +49 531 35480
  • Emergency line (24/7): +49 531 35489000
  • E-mail: box@bfu-web.de

Immediate measures for owner/PIC after an accident:

  • Rescue persons, first aid,
  • Notify BFU and police,
  • Do not alter the accident site or evidence (except to save persons) until BFU/police release the site,
  • Provide records, flight documents, pilot licences on request.
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