"Jcarr" (jcarr)
06/08/2015 at 10:29 • Filed to: Planelopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
06/08/2015 at 10:29 • Filed to: Planelopnik | 0
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Does the FAA or NTSB get involved in accidents involving aircraft that were stationary on the ground at the time?
A local guy was killed the other day after being struck by the tail rotor of a helicopter that was on the ground. Details are vague, but the articles just say that the accident occurred “while maintenance work was being done on a stationary helicopter”.
KatzManDu
> Jcarr
06/08/2015 at 10:41 |
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99.99999% FAA must be involved and notified “as soon as practicable” (probably the exact FAR language), because it is an aircraft which they regulate/license and because there was a fatality.
The only stuff that slips through the FARs that you do NOT have to report would be things like the tire popping on your Cessna during landing rollout as long as you stayed on the runway and were able to taxi off the runway to a safe place without disruption of operations. Or an electrical failure in uncontrolled airspace at an uncontrolled airport; it’s not a big deal if the radio goes out on your Cessna and you’re at a grass strip which is barely used and has regular visitors of J-3 Cubs without electricity, since you can still follow the FARs to get on the ground without hassling anyone else.
Everything else is usually within 5 working days (think electrical failure in flight in controlled airspace, engine fire, running out of gas.)