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49 CFR Ch. VIII (10–1–18 Edition) 

§ 830.6 

report an accident or incident, you may call 
the NTSB Response Operations Center, at 
844–373–9922 or 202–314–6290. 

(a) An aircraft accident or any of the 

following listed serious incidents 
occur: 

(1) Flight control system malfunc-

tion 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 en-

gine component that results in the es-
cape of debris other than out the ex-
haust path; 

(4) In-flight fire; 
(5) Aircraft collision in flight; 
(6) Damage to property, other than 

the aircraft, estimated to exceed $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 maximum 
certificated takeoff weight): 

(i) In-flight failure of electrical sys-

tems which requires the sustained use 
of an emergency bus powered by a 
back-up source such as a battery, aux-
iliary power unit, or air-driven gener-
ator to retain flight control or essen-
tial instruments; 

(ii) In-flight failure of hydraulic sys-

tems that results in sustained reliance 
on the sole remaining hydraulic or me-
chanical system for movement of flight 
control surfaces; 

(iii) Sustained loss of the power or 

thrust produced by two or more en-
gines; and 

(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, ex-
cluding release caused solely by ground 
contact; 

(9) A complete loss of information, 

excluding flickering, from more than 50 
percent of an aircraft’s cockpit dis-
plays known as: 

(i) Electronic Flight Instrument Sys-

tem (EFIS) displays; 

(ii) Engine Indication and Crew 

Alerting System (EICAS) displays; 

(iii) Electronic Centralized Aircraft 

Monitor (ECAM) displays; or 

(iv) Other displays of this type, which 

generally include a primary flight dis-
play (PFD), primary navigation display 
(PND), and other integrated displays; 

(10) Airborne Collision and Avoidance 

System (ACAS) resolution advisories 
issued when an aircraft is being oper-
ated on an instrument flight rules 
flight plan and compliance with the ad-
visory is necessary to avert a substan-
tial 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 blade(s); 

(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, in-

correct runway, or other area not de-
signed as a runway; or 

(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 be-

lieved to have been involved in an acci-
dent. 

[53 FR 36982, Sept. 23, 1988, as amended at 60 
FR 40113, Aug. 7, 1995; 75 FR 927, Jan. 7, 2010; 
75 FR 35330, June 22, 2010; 80 FR 77587, Dec. 
15, 2015] 

§ 830.6

Information to be given in noti-

fication. 

The notification required in § 830.5 

shall contain the following informa-
tion, if available: 

(a) Type, nationality, and registra-

tion 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 ref-

erence to some easily defined geo-
graphical point; 

(g) Number of persons aboard, num-

ber killed, and number seriously in-
jured; 

(h) Nature of the accident, the weath-

er and the extent of damage to the air-
craft, so far as is known; and 

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