S.L. 499.22 Art. 11Notification of accidents and incidents.

(1) When an accident or a serious incident occurs -

(a) in or over Malta; or

(b) outside Malta which involves an aircraft registered in Malta or an aircraft operated by an operator established in Malta, the pilot in command, or if he is incapacitated, the operator of the aircraft and, in the case of an accident or serious incident occurring on or adjacent to an aerodrome, the aerodrome operator, shall, without delay -

(i) send notice thereof to the Chief Investigator of the Bureau by the quickest means of communication available;

(ii) in the case of an accident occurring in Malta, notify also the police of the accident and of the place where the accident has occurred; and

(iii) file a mandatory occurrence report with the Civil Aviation Directorate.

(2) The notice referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall contain as much of the following information as is available:

(a) in the case of an accident, the identifying abbreviation "ACCID" or, in the case of a serious incident, the identifying abbreviation "INCID";

(b) the type, model and nationality and registration marks of the aircraft;

(c) the name of the owner, operator and hirer (if any) of the aircraft;

(d) the name of the pilot in command of the aircraft;

(e) the date and local time or Coordinated Universal Time

(UTC) of the accident or serious incident;

(f) the last point of departure and next point of intended landing of the aircraft;

(g) the position of the aircraft with reference to some easily defined geographical point and the latitude and longitude;

(h) the number of crew members and passengers on board the aircraft at the time of the accident or incident;

(i) the number of crew members and passengers killed or seriously injured as a result of the accident;

(j) the number of other persons killed or seriously injured elsewhere than on the aircraft as a result of the accident;

(k) the nature of the accident or serious incident and the extent of the damage to the aircraft, as far as it is known;

(l) the physical characteristics of the area of the accident or serious incident, including an indication of access difficulties or special requirements to reach the site;

(m) the presence and description of dangerous goods on board the aircraft, if any; and

(n) the identification of the person sending the notice.

(3) If all of the details required by sub-regulation (2) are not available at the time of the accident or serious incident, the notice shall contain such of the details that are available and a further notice containing the remaining details shall be furnished as soon as possible thereafter.

(4) Where an accident, other than a serious incident, occurs -

(a) in or over Malta; or

(b) outside Malta which involved an aircraft registered in Malta or an aircraft operated by an operator established in Malta, the relevant person or hirer of the aircraft shall, if so required by notice in writing from the investigator-in-charge, send to the investigator-in-charge such information as is in his possession or control in respect of the accident in such time and in such form as the investigator-in-charge may require.

(5) In this regulation, "relevant person" means -

(a) the pilot in command, operator, or the owner of the aircraft at the time of the accident or serious incident; and

(b) where the accident or incident occurs on or adjacent to an aerodrome in Malta, the owner or operator of the aerodrome.

(6) Any other person shall report to the Bureau and the Civil Aviation Directorate any occurrence that has come to his notice.