What incidents are reportable to the FAA?

Occurrences Requiring Notification.
  • Flight control system malfunction or failure.
  • Inability of any required flight crew member to perform their normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness.
  • Failure of structural components of a turbine engine excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes.
  • Inflight fire.




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Historically, the following have been reportable incidents: Flight control system malfunction or failure; Injury or illness of a flight crewmember that renders him unable to perform normal flight duties; Failure of turbine engine structural components (excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes);

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Reportable incidents are so named, because they must be reported directly to OSHA within 8 – 24 hours depending on the occurrence. Reportable incidents are always severe in nature and include amputations, loss of an eye, in-patient hospitalization (admittance), and fatalities.

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The rule of thumb is that any time a patient makes a complaint, a medication error occurs, a medical device malfunctions, or anyone—patient, staff member, or visitor—is injured or involved in a situation with the potential for injury, an incident report is required.

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After the call, a reportable incident is classified as abuse, neglect or significant incident.

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3 Types Of Incidents That Stand Out: Is Your Help Desk Prepared?
  • Major Incidents. Large-scale incidents may not come up too often, but when they do hit, organizations need to be prepared to deal with them quickly and efficiently. ...
  • Repetitive Incidents. ...
  • Complex Incidents.


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Notifiable Incidents
  • Amputation (of ANY part of the body)
  • A serious head injury.
  • A serious eye injury.
  • Separation of skin from underlying tissue, such as de-gloving or scalping.
  • Electric shock.
  • Spinal injury.
  • Loss of a bodily function.
  • Serious laceration.


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Fires and smoke in the passenger compartment, in cargo compartments or engine fires, even though such fires were extinguished by the use of extinguishing agents. Events requiring the emergency use of oxygen by the flight crew. Aircraft structural failures or engine disintegrations not classified as an accident.

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