ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation) Regulations, 2024
11. Notification and reporting of accidents and incidents
Edition: 2025-01-31 · In force
11. Notification and reporting of accidents and incidents
(1)Where an accident or a serious incident occurs—(b)outside Kenya which involves a Kenya aircraft or an aircraft operated by a Kenya operator, the relevant person shall, as soon as practicable after he becomes aware of the accident or serious incident notify any of the following by the quickest means of communication available(ii)the nearest Air Traffic Service.(2)The relevant person shall, not later than twenty-four hours after becoming aware of the accident or serious incident, send a written notification in plain language to the Chief Investigator.(3)Subject to subregulation (2), the notification shall contain as much of the information as provided for in the Second Schedule, as is readily available, but its dispatch shall not be delayed due to the lack of complete information.(4)Where an incident, other than a serious incident, occurs(b)outside Kenya which involves a Kenya aircraft or an aircraft operated by a Kenya operator, the relevant person or hirer of the aircraft shall send to the Chief Investigator such information as is in his possession or control with respect to the incident.(5)Flight crew members or operator of an aircraft involved in an accident or incident shall file an accident or incident report with the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department in a format to be prescribed by the Chief Investigator within ten days of the occurrence or within thirty days for an overdue aircraft that is still missing.(6)The reportable occurrences referred to in sub regulation (5) shall be as provided for in the Third Schedule of the Regulations(7)Each flight crew member involved in an accident or incident shall, if physically able and whenever the circumstances of the occurrence allow, submit a written statement of events of the accident or incident to the Investigator-In-Charge within seventy-two hours after the occurrence.(8)Where a crew member is not physically able to submit the written statement referred to in subregulation (7) or the circumstances of the occurrence do not allow for the submission of the statement within the stipulated timeline, the crew member shall submit the statement as soon as practicable.(9)The Chief Investigator shall develop appropriate forms for notification and reporting of accidents and incidents by the relevant person referred to in subregulations (1), (2), (3) and (4), which shall include the following information(a)the pilot-in-command, operator, owner or any crew member of the aircraft at the time of the accident or serious incident;(b)where the accident or serious incident occurs on or adjacent to an aerodrome in Kenya, the owner or operator of the aerodrome; or(c)the air traffic controller having knowledge of an accident or incident.(10)In the event Kenya is the State of Occurrence, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department shall forward a notification of an accident, a serious incident, or an incident to be investigated with a minimum of delay and by the most suitable and quickest means available to(a)the State of Registry;(b)the State of the Operator;(d)the State of Manufacture; and(e)the International Civil Aviation Organization, when the aircraft involved is of a maximum mass of over 2250 kg or is a turbojet-powered aeroplane.