Regulations Flashcards
CFR Part 830
NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS AND OVERDUE AIRCRAFT, AND PRESERVATION OF AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE, MAIL, CARGO, AND RECORDS
Subpart A - General
830.1 - Applicability
830.2 - Definitions
Subpart B - Initial Notification of Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, and Overdue Aircraft
830.5 - Immediate notification
30.6 Information to be given in notification
Subpart C - Preservation of Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records
830.10 - Preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records
Subpart D - Reporting of Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, and Overdue Aircraft
830.15 - Reports and statements to be filed
CFR Part 830.1
Applicability
This part contains rules pertaining to:
(a) Initial notification and later reporting of aircraft incidents and accidents, when they involve civil or certain public aircraft, where they occur, and when they involve foreign civil aircraft where the events occur in the US/territories.
(b) Preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records involving all civil and certain public aircraft accidents in the US/territories.
CFR Part 830.2
Definitions
This part defines the following terms:
- Aircraft accident
- Civil aircraft
- Fatal injury
- Incident
- Operator
- Public aircraft
- Serious injury
- Substantial damage
- Unmanned aircraft incident
CFR 830.2 Definition of Aircraft Accident
Means an occurance associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have diembarked, and in which any person sufferes death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.
This definition includes “unmanned aircraft accident.”
CFR 830.2 Definition of Civil Aircraft
Means any aircraft other than a public aircraft.
CFR 830.2 Definition of Fatal Injury
Means any injury which results in death within 30 days of the accident.
CFR 830.2 Definition of Incident
Means an occurrence other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operations.
CFR 830.2 Definition of Operator
Means any person who causes or authorizes the operation of an aircraft, such as the owner, lessee, or bailee of an aircraft.
CFR 830.2 Definition of Public Aircraft
Means an aircraft used only for US government or a government other than the US, including a State, the District of Columbia, a territory/possession of the US, or a political subdivision of that government.
CFR 830.2 Definition of Serious Injury
Means any injury which:
(1) Requires hospitalization for more than 48 hours, commencing within 7 days from the date of the injury was received
(2) Results in a fracture of any bone (except simple fractures of fingers, toes, or nose)
(3) Causes severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage
(4) Involves any internal organ
(5) Involves second- or third-degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5 percent of body surface
CFR Part 830.2 Definition of Substantial Damage
Means damage or failure which adversely affects the structural strength, performance, or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and which would require major repair or replacement.
Not included:
- Engine failure or damage limited to an engine if only one engine fails or is damaged
- Bent fairings or cowling
- Dented skin
- Small punctured holes in the skin/fabric
- Ground damage to rotor or prop blades
- Damage to landing gear, wheels, tires, flaps, engine accessories, brakes or wingtips
CFR Part 830.2 Definition of Unmanned Aircraft Damage
Means an occurrence associated with the operation of any public or civil unmanned aircraft system that takes place between the time that the system is activated with the purpose of flight and the time that the system is deactivated at the conclusion of its mission, in which:
(1) Any person suffers death or serious injury
(2) The aircraft holds an airworthiness certificate and sustains substantial damage
CFR Part 830.5
Immediate notification.
Notify the National Transportation Safety Board immediately and by the most expeditious means available when:
(a) An aircraft accident or any of the following serious incidents occur:
(1) Flight control system malfunction or failure
(2) Inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness
(3) Failure of any internal turbine engine component that results in the escape of debris other than out the exhaust path
(4) Inflight fire
(5) Aircraft collision in flight
(6) Damage to property, other than the aircraft, exceeding $25,000 for repair (including materials and labor) or fair market value in the event of total loss, whichever is less
(7) For large, multiengine aircraft (more than 12,500 pounds max certified takeoff weight
(i) In-flight failure of electrical systems which requires the sustained use of an emergency bus powered backup
(ii) In-flight failure of hydraulic systems that results in sustained reliance on sole remaining hydraulic or mechanical system
(iii) Sustained loss of the power or thrust produced by two or more engines
(iv) An evacuation of an aircraft in which an emergency egress system is utilized
(8) Release of all or a portion of a propeller blade from an aircraft, excluding release caused solely by ground contact
(9) A complete loss of information, excluding flickering, from more than 50% of an aircraft’s cockpit displays known as:
(i) Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS) displays
(ii) Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS) displays
(iii) Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor (ECAM) displays
(iv) Other displays of this type
(10) Airborne Collision and Avoidance System (ACAS) resolution advisories issued when an aircraft is operating under IFR and compliance with the advisory is necessary to avert a substantial risk of collision between two or more aircraft
(11) Damage to helicopter tail or main rotor blades, including ground damage, that requires major repair or replacement of the blades
(12) Any event in which an operator, when operating an airplane as an air carrier at a public-use airport on land:
(i) Lands or departs on a taxiway, incorrect runway, or other are not designed as a runway
(ii) Experiences a runway incursion that requires the operator or the crew of another aircraft or vehicle to take immediate corrective action to avoid a collision
(b) An aircraft is overdue and is believed to have been involved in an accident
CFR Part 830.6
Information to be given in notification.
(a) Type, nationality, and registration marks of the aircraft
(b) Name of owner, and operator of the aircraft
(c) Name of the pilot-in-command
(d) Date and time of the accident
(e) Last point of departure and point of intended landing of the aircraft
(f) Position of the aircraft with reference to some easily defined geographical point
(g) Number of persons aboard, number killed, and number seriously injured
(h) Nature of the accident, weather and the extent of damage to the aircraft
(i) A description of any explosives, radioactive materials, or other dangerous articles carried
CFR Part 830.10
Preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records.
(a) The operator of the aircraft is responsible for preserving to the extent possible any aircraft wreckage, cargo, and mail aboard the aircraft and all records until the Board takes custody or a release is granted
(b) Wreckage, mail, or cargo may not be disturbed or moved except to:
(1) remove the persons injured or trapped
(2) protect the wreckage from further damage
(3) protect the public from injury
(c) Where it is necessary to move aircraft wreckage, photos, descriptive notes, and sketches are to be made of the original positions and condition of the wreckage and any significant impact marks if possible
(d) The operator of an aircraft shall retain all records, reports, internal docs, and memoranda dealing with the accident/incident, until authorized by the Board to the contrary
CFR Part 830.15
Reports and statements to be filed.
(a) Reports. The operator should file a report within 10 days after an accident, or after 7 days if an overdue aircraft is still missing. A report on an incident for which immediate notification is required should only be filed as requested by an authorized representative of the Board.
(b) Crewmember statement. Each crewmember should attach a statement with facts, conditions, and circumstances from their perspective at the time of the accident/incident. If they are incapacitated at the time, they should submit the statement as soon as they are physically able.
(c) Where to file the reports. The operator should file any report with the field office of the Board nearest the accident or incident.
FAA Advisory Circulars subject number 70
These contain subject matter specifically related to Airspace.
FAA Advisory Circulars subject number 60
These contain subject matter specifically related to Airmen.
FAA Advisory Circulars subject number 90
These contain subject matter with information covering air traffic control and general operations.
FAR 61.23
Medical certificates: Requirement and duration.
(a) Operations requiring a medical certificate.
(b) Operations not requiring a medical certificate.
(c) Operations requiring either a medical certificate or a US driver’s license.
(d) Duration of a medical certificate.
