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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 12 : Aviation Accidents and Incidents

Subpart 5 : Preliminary Report, Final Report and Reopening of Investigation

12.05.1 Preliminary Reporting

 

(1) An investigator-in-charge shall submit a preliminary report on the  findings of an investigation in a manner  prescribed in Document SA-CATS  12.

 

(2) The  Executive  responsible for Aircraft  Accident  and  Incident investigation shall,  in respect of an accident  involving an aircraft of maximum mass exceeding 2 250 kg, send a copy of a preliminary report to—
(a) a State of Registry or a State of Occurrence , as a ppropriate;
(b) a State of an Operator;
(c) a State of Design;
(d) a State of Manufacture:
(e) any State that  provided relevant information, significant facilities, or experts; and
(f) ICAO.

 

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (2), if an aircraft  involved in an accident is 2 250 kg or less but involves airworthiness or matters considered to be of interest to other States, the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall send a preliminary report to—
(a) a State of Reg istry or a State of Occurrence . as appropriate;
(b) a State of Operator;
(c) a State of Design;
(d) a State of Manufacturer; and
(e) any State that provided relevant information, significant facilities, or experts.

 

(4) A preliminary report required to be sent in terms of subregulations (2) and shall—
(a) be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or airmail, within thirty day s of the date of an  accident concerned unless an Accident Data Report has been sent by that time;
(b) be sent by the most suitable and quickest means available, where matters directly affect aviation safety.

 

[Regulation 12.05.1 substituted by regulation 4(j) of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]