§ 801.35 - Aviation accident reports.

(a) The Board shall report the facts, conditions, and circumstances, and its determination of the cause or probable cause of all U.S. civil aviation accidents approximately 6 months after each accident occurs. All such reports shall be provided by computer printout, published periodically as “Briefs of Accidents.”

(b) All major or catastropic air carrier accidents and noncatastrophic accidents, involving both air carriers and general aviation, which provide unusually significant safety issues shall be reported by the Board in detailed, narrative format. The formal, narrative report shall provide the facts, conditions, and circumstances, and the Board's determination of the cause or probable cause of the accident; the report shall be issued approximately 6 months after date of accident.

(c) After notice of issuance appears in the Federal Register, as required by section 304(a)(2) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, the report shall be made available for public inspection in the Board's public reference room. (See appendix for copies and subscriptions.)