Annexes to COM(2009)611 - Investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation

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dossier COM(2009)611 - Investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation.
document COM(2009)611 EN
date December  2, 2010
ANNEX

List of examples of serious incidents

The incidents listed are typical examples of incidents that are likely to be serious incidents. The list is not exhaustive and only serves as guidance with respect to the definition of ‘serious incident’:

—a near collision requiring an avoidance manoeuvre to avoid a collision or an unsafe situation or when an avoidance action would have been appropriate,

—controlled flight into terrain only marginally avoided,

—aborted take-offs on a closed or engaged runway, on a taxiway, excluding authorised operations by helicopters, or from an unassigned runway,

—take-offs from a closed or engaged runway, from a taxiway, excluding authorised operations by helicopters, or from an unassigned runway,

—landings or attempted landings on a closed or engaged runway, on a taxiway, excluding authorised operations by helicopters, or from an unassigned runway,

—gross failures to achieve predicted performance during take-off or initial climb,

—fires and smoke in the passenger compartment, in cargo compartments or engine fires, even though such fires were extinguished by the use of extinguishing agents,

—events requiring the emergency use of oxygen by the flight crew,

—aircraft structural failure or engine disintegration, including uncontained turbine engine failures, not classified as an accident,

—multiple malfunctions of one or more aircraft systems seriously affecting the operation of the aircraft,

—flight crew incapacitation in flight,

—fuel quantity requiring the declaration of an emergency by the pilot,

—runway incursions classified with severity A according to the Manual on the Prevention of Runway Incursions (ICAO Doc 9870) which contains information on the severity classifications,

—take-off or landing incidents. Incidents such as undershooting, overrunning or running off the side of runways,

—system failures, weather phenomena, operation outside the approved flight envelope or other occurrences which could have caused difficulties controlling the aircraft,

—failure of more than one system in a redundancy system mandatory for flight guidance and navigation.