What is required to be reported to the FAA?

Occurrences Requiring Notification. An aircraft accident or any of the following listed incidents occur: 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.



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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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  • Safety Regulation. ...
  • Airspace and Air Traffic Management. ...
  • Air Navigation Facilities. ...
  • Civil Aviation Abroad. ...
  • Commercial Space Transportation. ...
  • Research, Engineering, and Development. ...
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Our safety inspectors monitor pre-operational, operational and post operational phases of FAA regulated Commercial Space Transportation activities which can impact public safety and the safety of property.

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Complaints may involve FAA employees or organizations, the aviation industry or its oversight and aviation safety. The FHIS allows for the reporting of these incidents anonymously. The FHIS collects personally identifiable information (PII) from individuals named in complaints and reporting parties.

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Five Major Risk Factors That Make Aviation Accidents More Likely
  • Poor weather conditions. One of the biggest problems that faces aircraft pilots of all types is inclement weather. ...
  • Badly maintained aircraft. ...
  • Defective aircraft parts. ...
  • Air traffic control errors. ...
  • Pilot error.


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Complacency might be perceived as the overarching human factors hazardous attitude with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identified five hazardous attitudes of anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho, and resignation a subset of complacency.

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