ACCIDENTS IN GENERAL AVIATION

PRÉVOIR DÉLAI DE LIVRAISON DE 10 JOURS

For twenty years, the author was an investigator and Director of Investigation in the Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens de Toulouse. During his career as a Judicial Police Officer, he intervened in the Midi-Pyrénées region, on more than fifty aeronautical occurrences, involving both certified general aviation aircraft of all types, and motorized ultralight aircraft of all classes. In this book, he chronologically sets out a working method, the fruit of his extensive feedback, before tackling the various responsibilities and their cortege of sanctions. Beginning or experienced aeronautical investigators, general aviation pilots and members of flying clubs, aircraft pilots or U.L.M. pilots will find in this guide, the answers to many questions, concerning both the different phases of the investigation and the legal aspects attached to it.

Table des matières

PRÉFACE

PRÉAMBULE

CHAPITRE 1 : L’ENQUÊTE JUDICIAIRE AÉRONAUTIQUE
1-1- L’alerte et la préparation de la mission
1-1-1 : L’alerte
1-1-2 : La préparation de la mission
1-2 - La relation avec les magistrats
1-2-1 : Le compte rendu initial
1-2-2 : Les comptes rendus réguliers
1-2-3 : Le compte rendu final
1-3 - L’arrivée sur les lieux
1-3-1 : L’évaluation de la scène
1-3-2 : Les mesures de protection individuelles
1-3-3 : Les mesures de protection collectives
1-4 – Les constatations et la documentation
1-4-1 : Les constatations et les photographies
1-4-2 : Les saisies et le placement sous scellés
1-4-3 : La fin des constatations
1-4-4 : La documentation
1-5 - La procédure écrite
1-5-1 : La confusion des procédures
1-5-2 : L’organisation de la procédure

Annexe N°1
Extrait de l’accord B.E.A./Justice

Annex N°2
Annexes Information

Annex N°3
Phenomena identifications

CHAPTER : RESPONSIBILITIES
2  2-1- The responsibility of the pilot, the operator and the owner
2-1-
: The pilot
2-1-2 : The operator
2-1-3 : The owner
2-2- The responsibility of maintenance
2-3- The responsibility of the manufacturer 1  2-4- External elements
2-5- The intervention of a third party

Annex N°4
EXTRACTS FROM THE ORDER OF 24 JULY 1991 RELATING TO THE CONDITIONS OF USE OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT IN GENERAL AVIATION

Appendix N°5
ORDER OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 RELATING TO ULTRALIGHT MOTORIZED AIRCRAFT amended by the order of June 24, 2019.

Annex N°6
EXTRACTS FROM THE INSTRUCTION OF FEBRUARY 21, 2012 RELATING TO ULTRALIGHT MOTORIZED AIRCRAFT.

CHAPTER 3 : PENALTIES
3-1- Crimes
3-2- Misdemeanors
3-3- Tickets
3-4- Administrative sanctions

CHAPTER 4 : CONCLUSIONS

EXTRACT FROM DIRECTIVE 94/56/EC of 21 November 1994
EXTRACT FROM REGULATION 996/2010 of 20/10/2010
POSTFACE