Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018

THIRD SCHEDULE

Regulation 50(1) and Sixth Schedule

Reportable safety matters

List of reportable safety matters

1. The responsible person must report to the Authority —

(a)

every accident; and

(b)

every incident of the following nature:

(1)	a near collision;

(2)	an incident that occurs during a critical phase of flight that has a high potential of causing an accident;

(3)	a take-off, landing, or attempted take-off or landing, on a closed, unassigned or engaged runway or helipad;

(4)	an incident when Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) was only marginally avoided;

(5)	any difficulty in controlling the aircraft;

(6)	any flight crew incapacitation;

(7)	an evacuation of crew, passengers or both;

(8)	any use of fire extinguishing agent or fire suppression agent;

(9)	a fire or smoke event, including an event where the fire was extinguished;

(10)	an event requiring the emergency use of oxygen;

(11)	any gross failures to achieve predicted performance during take-off or initial climb;

(12)	a declaration of emergency;

(13)	any failure of, or significant damage to, aircraft structure or disintegration of any part of the engine or external part of the aircraft, or uncontained turbine engine failures, that is not classified as an accident;

(14)	any failure of more than one system in a multiple-redundancy system mandatory for flight guidance and navigation, not being circumstances permitted under the minimum equipment list;

(15)	an incident of multiple malfunctions of one or more aircraft systems that seriously affected the operation of the aircraft;

(16)	a dangerous goods incident;

(17)	any carriage of dangerous goods in a manner that does not conform with the provisions of Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention and its Technical Instructions;

(18)	any violation of local safety legislation or requirements;

(19)	an air turn-back;

(20)	a diversion;

(21)	a rejected take-off;

(22)	a significant safety or security‑related event;

(23)	any circumstances requiring a manoeuvre to avoid collision with another aircraft other than a near collision;

(24)	any activation of ground proximity warning system other than an incident described in sub‑paragraph (4);

(25)	any shutdown of an engine in flight;

(26)	a hard landing;

(27)	any windshear requiring pilot to initiate recovery action;

(28)	an activation of stall warning or stick shaker;

(29)	an air traffic control-related event;

(29A)

a loss of communication with air traffic control;

(30)	any unintentional deviation of airspeed, intended track or altitude that result in the activation of a deviation notification;

(31)	a taxi error;

(32)	an unstabilised approach;

(33)	a lightning strike;

(34)	a bird strike;

(35)	any incapacitation of a cabin crew member that renders that cabin crew member unable to perform critical safety duties;

(36)	an aircraft abnormality or engine vibration;

(37)	a blown tire or wheel failure;

(38)	any damage to aircraft by a foreign object;

(39)	any use of incorrect or contaminated fuel, oil or other fluid;

(40)	any underfuelling;

(41)	a loading or load sheet error;

(42)	any significant spillage or leakage of oil, fuel or other fluid;

(43)	any other occurrence that endangers or may endanger the operation of an aircraft, or which causes or may cause a danger to persons or property.

[S 209/2020 wef 01/04/2020]

Notification requirements

2.—(1) The responsible person must notify the Authority immediately through the most expeditious means available upon becoming aware of —

(a)	an accident, or possible accident, involving an aircraft that the responsible person operates; or
(b)	any incident listed in paragraph 1(b)(1) to (22).

(2) The responsible person must submit a formal written notification to the Authority —

(a)	for any matter referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a), within 3 hours after the initial notification;
(b)	for any incident listed in paragraph 1(b)(1) to (18), within 24 hours after becoming aware of the incident;
(c)	for any incident listed in paragraph 1(b)(19) to (22), within 72 hours after the incident or after the completion of the affected flight, or as advised otherwise by the Authority; or
(d)	for any incident listed in paragraph 1(b)(23) to (43), within 3 working days after the incident or after the completion of the affected flight.

(3) All formal written notifications must be made in a manner acceptable to the Authority.

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