ICAO 9756 PART I PDF

FOREWORD

The purpose of this manual is to encourage the uniform application of the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 13 and to provide information and guidance to States on the procedures, practices and techniques that can be used in aircraft accident investigations. Since accident investigations vary in complexity, a document of this kind cannot cover all eventualities. The more common techniques and processes, however, have been included. Although this manual will be of use to experienced and inexperienced investigators alike, it is not a substitute for investigation training and experience.

This manual will be issued in four separate parts as follows:

Part I — Organization and Planning;

Part II — Procedures and Checklists;

Part III — Investigation;

Part IV — Reporting.

Because this manual deals with both accident and incident investigations and, for reasons of brevity, the terms “accidents” and “accident investigation”, as used herein, apply equally to “incidents” and “incident investigation”.

The following ICAO documents provide additional information and guidance material on related subjects:

— Annex 13 — Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation;

— Accident/Incident Reporting Manual (ADREP Manual) (Doc 9156);

— Accident Prevention Manual (Doc 9422);

— Manual of Civil Aviation Medicine (Doc 8984);

— Human Factors Training Manual (Doc 9683);

— Human Factors Digest No. 7 — Investigation of Human Factors in Accidents and Incidents (Circ. 240).

This manual, which supersedes Doc 6920 in its entirety, will be amended periodically as new investigation techniques are developed and new information becomes available.

Readers are invited to submit material for possible inclusion in subsequent editions of this manual. This material should be addressed to: