How to report an accident

South African Aviation Regulations require operators and pilots to notify the Commissioner for Civil Aviation immediately after an aviation accidents and incidents.

An accident is defined as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.

An incident is an occurrence other than an accident that affects or could affect the safety of operations.

The Commissioner for Civil Aviation has delegated the process for reporting and recording of accidents to the Accidents and Incidents Investigations Division of the South African Civil Aviation Authority.

Reports should therefore be forwarded to the investigator on duty.

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