Civil Aviation Requirements Section 5 Series C Part I 20 OCTOBER 2015

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CIVIL AVIATION REQUIREMENTS SECTION 5

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SERIES C PART I 20 OCTOBER 2015

NOTE: Taxiing includes ground and air taxiing for rotorcraft on designated
taxiways.

Incident: An occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation


of an aircraft, which affects or could affect the safety of operation.

Investigation: A process conducted for the purpose of prevention of accident


which includes the gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of
conclusions, including the determination of causes, contributory factors and,
when appropriate, the making of safety recommendations.

Operator: A person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to


engage in an aircraft operation.

Preliminary Report: The communication used for the prompt dissemination of


data obtained during the early stages of the investigation.

Reportable Occurrence: Any incident which endangers or which, if not


corrected, would endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person.

Runway incursion: Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect


presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface,
designated for the landing and take-off of aircraft.

Runway excursions: When an aircraft on the runway surface departs the end
or the side of the runway surface. Runway excursions can occur on takeoff or
landing. They consist of two types of events:
- Veer-Off: A runway excursion in which an aircraft departs the side of a
runway.
- Overrun: A runway excursion in which an aircraft departs the end of a
runway.

Serious incident: An incident involving circumstances indicating that there


was a high probability of an accident and associated with the operation of an
aircraft which,-
(i) in the case of manned aircraft, takes place between the time any
person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as
all such persons have disembarked, or
(ii) in the case of an unmanned aircraft, takes place between the time the
aircraft is ready to move with the purpose of flight until such time as it comes
to rest at the end of the flight and the primary propulsion system is shut
Rev. 4 dated 26th February 2020

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