# The Air Navigation (General) Regulations 1993, Regulation 17: Mandatory reporting—prescribed reportable occurrences, time and manner of reporting and information to be reported


(1) For the purposes of article 94(1), the following reportable occurrences are hereby prescribed, that is to say those—
(a) involving damage to an aircraft;
(b) involving injury to a person;
(c) involving the impairment during a flight of the capacity of a member of the flight crew of an aircraft to undertake the functions to which his licence relates;
(d) involving the use in flight of any procedures taken for the purpose of overcoming an emergency;
(e) involving the failure of an aircraft system or of any equipment of an aircraft;
(f) arising from the control of an aircraft in flight by its flight crew;
(g) arising from failure or inadequacy of facilities or services on the ground used or intended to be used for the purposes of or in connection with the operation of aircraft;
(h) arising from the loading or the carriage of passengers, cargo (including mail) or fuel;
and those which are not referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) but which, in the opinion of a person referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of article 94(1), constitute an occurrence endangering, or which if not corrected would endanger, the safety of an aircraft, its occupants or any other person.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, an aircraft system includes the flight control, power plant, fuel, hydraulic, pneumatic, pressurisation, electrical, navigation and any other system of the aircraft.
(3) For the purposes of article 94(1), it is hereby prescribed that a report containing the information referred to in paragraph (4) shall be despatched in writing, or in such other form as the Authority may approve, and by the quickest available means to the Authority within 96 hours of the reportable occurrence coming to the knowledge of the person making the report:
Provided that if at that time any of the said information is not in the possession of that person, he shall despatch that information to the Authority in writing, or in such other form as the Authority may approve, and by the quickest available means within 96 hours of the information coming into his possession.
(4) For the purposes of article 94(1), a report shall, as far as possible, contain the following information:
(a) the type, series and registration marks of the aircraft concerned;
(b) the name of the operator of the aircraft;
(c) the date of the reportable occurrence;
(d) if the person making the report has instituted an investigation into the reportable occurrence, whether or not this has been completed;
(e) a description of the reportable occurrence, including its effects and any other relevant information;
(f) in the case of a reportable occurrence which occurs during flight—
(i) the Co-ordinated Universal Time of the occurrence;
(ii) the last point of departure and the next point of intended landing of the aircraft at that time; and
(iii) the geographical position of the aircraft at that time;
(g) in the case of a defect in or malfunctioning of an aircraft or any part or equipment of an aircraft, the name of the manufacturer of the aircraft, part or equipment, as the case may be, and, where appropriate, the part number and modification standard of the part or equipment and its location on the aircraft;
(h) the signature and name in block capitals of the person making the report, the name of his employer and the capacity in which he acts for that employer; and
(i) in the case of a report made by the commander of an aircraft or a person referred to in sub-paragraph (c) or (d) of article 94(1), the address or telephone number at which communications should be made to him, if different from that of his place of employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1622/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-general-regulations-1993/regulation-17
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