[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR801.35]

[Page 1178]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 801--PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Accident Investigation Records
 
Sec. 801.35  Aviation accident reports.

    (a) The Board shall report the facts, conditions, and circumstances, 
and its determination of the cause or probable cause of all U.S. civil 
aviation accidents approximately 6 months after each accident occurs. 
All such reports shall be provided by computer printout, published 
periodically as ``Briefs of Accidents.''
    (b) All major or catastropic air carrier accidents and 
noncatastrophic accidents, involving both air carriers and general 
aviation, which provide unusually significant safety issues shall be 
reported by the Board in detailed, narrative format. The formal, 
narrative report shall provide the facts, conditions, and circumstances, 
and the Board's determination of the cause or probable cause of the 
accident; the report shall be issued approximately 6 months after date 
of accident.
    (c) After notice of issuance appears in the Federal Register, as 
required by section 304(a)(2) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 
1974, the report shall be made available for public inspection in the 
Board's public reference room. (See appendix for copies and 
subscriptions.)