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Civil Aviation Act 2023

Functions, powers, and duties of participants in civil aviation system - Duty to notify accidents and incidents

49: Duty to notify accidents and incidents to CAA

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"Tell the CAA about plane accidents and incidents as soon as possible"

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If you are in charge of a plane and it is involved in an accident, you must tell the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as soon as you can. You do not have to tell the CAA if there are special rules that say you do not have to in certain situations or for certain types of planes. If you are involved in an incident, you may have to tell the CAA, depending on what the rules say.

If the person in charge of the plane is hurt or missing, the person who operates the plane must tell the CAA about the accident. The person in charge of a search and rescue operation for a plane must also tell the CAA about it as soon as they can. The CAA can ask for more information after they have been told about an accident or incident.

You must give the CAA the extra information they ask for right away. You can find more information about telling the CAA about accidents and incidents in subpart 9 of Part 9 and section 465. The CAA has rules about what information they can share with others.

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Part 2Functions, powers, and duties of participants in civil aviation system
Duty to notify accidents and incidents

49Duty to notify accidents and incidents to CAA

  1. The pilot-in-command of an aircraft that is involved in an accident must notify the accident to the CAA as soon as practicable.

  2. The requirement to notify an accident under subsection (1) is subject to any exception specified in the rules in relation to any circumstances or in relation to a type or class of aircraft.

  3. Every aviation participant who is involved in an incident must notify the incident to the CAA if required by, and in accordance with any requirements specified in, the rules.

  4. If, due to injury or death, or where the aircraft is missing, the pilot-in-command is unable to give the necessary notification under subsection (1), the operator must provide the necessary notification.

  5. The co-ordinator of any search and rescue operation for any aircraft must notify the CAA of the operation as soon as practicable.

  6. The CAA may, on being notified under subsection (1), (3), (4), or (5), request any additional information, in any form that the CAA considers appropriate in each specific case.

  7. The pilot-in-command, operator, or person to whom a request is made under subsection (6) must provide the additional information immediately.

  8. See—

  9. subpart 9 of Part 9 (which provides protections in relation to accident and incident notifications under this subpart):
    1. section 465 (which relates to disclosure or publication of information).

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