The NTSB is amending its regulations concerning notification and reporting requirements regarding aircraft accidents or incidents.
The final rule, which becomes effective March 8, adds five “reportable incidents,” which NTSB officials believe will improve aviation safety: Failure of any internal turbine engine component that results in the escape of debris other than out the exhaust path; release of all or a portion of a propeller blade from an aircraft, excluding release caused solely by ground contact; a complete loss of information, excluding flickering, from more than 50% of an aircraft’s cockpit displays, including Electronic Flight Instrument System displays, Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System displays, Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitor displays, or other such displays; Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) resolution advisories issued either when an aircraft is being operated on an IFR flight plan and compliance with the advisory is necessary to avert a collision between two or more aircraft or to an aircraft operating in class A airspace; damage to helicopter tail or main rotor blades, including ground damage, that requires major repair or replacement of the blade(s); and any event in which an aircraft operated by an air carrier lands or departs on a taxiway, incorrect runway, or other area not designed as a runway, or experiences a runway incursion that requires the operator or the crew of another aircraft or vehicle to take immediate corrective action to avoid a collision.
For more information: NTSB.gov
