International Accident Investigation

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InternationalAccidentInvestigation
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General

• International aviation accident and incident
  investigations are governed by the provisions of
  Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil
  Aviation, referred to as theChicago Convention

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General

• The Chicago Convention is administered by the
  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  located in Montreal, Canada

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General

• Annex 13, Aircraft Accident and Incident
  Investigation, contains the standards and
  recommended practices to be followed by all
  ICAO-Member States for notifications,
  investigations, and reporting of accidents and
  serious incidents

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Responsibilities

• State of Occurrence shall
• Notify the States of Registry, Operator, Design,
  Manufacture, and ICAO about the occurrence of
  accidents and serious incidents

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Responsibilities

• Institute and conduct the investigation, or
  delegate all or part of it to the states of
  registry, operator, design, or manufacture

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Responsibilities

• Complete a draft final report of the
  investigation
• Solicit comments on the final draft report from
  participating states
• Publish a Final Report

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Responsibilities

• Direct safety recommendations to the
  investigative authorities of interested states
  -any time in the process

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Responsibilities

• State of Registry shall institute and conduct the
  necessary investigation of accidents and serious
  incidents for which the location is outside the
  territory of any state (international waters or
  missing aircraft)

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Responsibilities Participating States

• States of Registry, Operator, Design, and
  Manufacture shall
• Provide relevant information to State of
  Occurrence, upon request
• Inform the State of Occurrence of intent to
  participate in investigation and name an
  accredited representative

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U.S. Investigations--NTSB Policies and Practices

• Consider the foreign interests .
• if a non-U.S. registered, operated, designed, or
  manufactured aircraft is involved in an accident
  in the U.S.

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U.S. Investigations--NTSB Policies and Practices

• Have full access to relevant evidence
• Receive copies of pertinent documents

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U.S. Investigations--NTSB Policies and Practices

• Participate in readout of recorders
• Participate in follow up of activities

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U.S. Investigations--NTSB Policies and Practices

• Participate in progressmeetings
• Make submissions to theNTSB regarding
  conclusions, recommendations, and causesin lieu
  of participation in the analysis process--(note
  accredited representatives and advisors cannot
  participate in the NTSBs analysis)

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Final Report

• Under the Provisions of Annex 13
• Draft Final Report is subject to review and
  comment by the Accredited Representative from the
  all participating states

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Final Report

• Comments are accepted for 60 days
• Report shall be amended to reflect commentsof
  the states, or the comments are appended to
  theFinal Report

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Safety Recommendations
Safety Recommendations developed by the NTSB that
pertain to another states airline or products
are coordinated with the respective states
accredited representatives before publication
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NTSB Participation Outside the US

• As the state of the operator
• As the state of design or the state of
  manufacture
• Or the state of registration

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NTSB Participation Outside the US

• NTSB will designate a U.S. Accredited
  Representative
• Appoint Advisors (an advisor team) to function
  under the supervision of the Accredited
  Representative that may or may not travel to the
  scene (based on the event circumstances)

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NTSB Participation Outside the US

• NTSB participates under the control of the
  foreign investigation authority per Annex 13
  this participation includes
• Field investigation, off site examination and
  testing, (simulations and examinations may take
  place in the US)

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NTSB Participation Outside the US

• Consultation on the draft Final Report
• Creation of recommendations and action to
  preclude accident recurrence

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