Investigation reports
14.—(1)  Where an investigation is carried out into an accident involving —
(a)an aircraft of a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than 2,250 kg; or
(b)an aircraft of a maximum certificated take-off mass of 2,250 kg or less and when airworthiness or matters considered to be of interest to other Contracting States are involved,
the investigator-in-charge shall, unless an Accident Data Report has been sent within 30 days of the accident, send a Preliminary Report within that period to —
(i)each of the following States that is a Contracting State:
(A)the State that instituted the investigation;
(B)the State of Registry or the State of Occurrence, as appropriate;
(C)the State of the Operator;
(D)the State of Design;
(E)the State of Manufacture; and
(F)any State that provided relevant information, significant facilities or experts; and
(ii)where the aircraft is of a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than 2,250 kg, the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
(2)  The investigator-in-charge shall, as soon as possible after the completion of an investigation into an accident, do the following:
(a)send a copy of the draft Final Report to the Contracting State that instituted the investigation and all the Contracting States that participated in the investigation, inviting their significant and substantiated comments on the draft Final Report;
(b)if any such comments are received within 60 days of the date on which the draft Final Report is sent out, amend the draft Final Report to include the substance of the comments received or, if desired by the Contracting State that provided the comments, append the comments to the Final Report;
(c)if no comments are received within 60 days of the date on which the draft Final Report is sent out and no extension of time has been agreed upon with the Contracting State to whom it was sent, issue and send out the Final Report to the following parties:
(i)the Contracting States referred to in sub-paragraph (1);
(ii)any Contracting State that has suffered fatalities or serious injuries to its citizens; and
(iii)where the accident involves an aircraft of a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than 5,700 kg, the International Civil Aviation Organisation; and
(d)where the accident involves an aircraft of a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than 2,250 kg, send the Accident Data Report to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
(3)  The investigator-in-charge shall, where an investigation is carried out into an incident involving an aircraft of a maximum certificated take-off mass of more than 5,700 kg, send to the International Civil Aviation Organisation after the completion of the investigation into the incident —
(a)the Final Report of the incident, if the Final Report has been released; and
(b)the Incident Data Report.
(4)  The Final Report of an investigation shall state the sole objective of the investigation as set out in paragraph 3.
(5)  The Final Report shall be submitted by the investigator-in-charge to the Minister before dissemination to any State under this Order.
(6)  In this paragraph, “Accident Data Report” and “Incident Data Report” mean the Accident Data Report and Incident Data Report referred to in Annex 13.