Aircraft and Railway Accidents
Investigation Commission 国土交通省
ARAIC
Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation
Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation
   
Occurrence of an Accident/Incident

The accidents and Incidents subject to investigation by the commission are:
(1) the crash,collision,or fire of an aircraft;(2)Death of or injury to persons,damage or destruction to property caused by an aircraft;(3)Death(excluding death by natural causes)or disappearance of persons on board an aircraft;(4)A collision with another aircraft;(5)Serious incidents(situations which recognized to carry the risk of an accident).



Notification of Accident/Incident





Commencement of Investigation of Accident/Incident
  • Appointment of investigator‐in‐charge and investigator
  • Coordination with police and other relevant organizations
  • Notification to the State of Registory,Operation,Design,Manufacture and International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO)



Fact-finding Investigation,etc.
  • Interviews with crew/witnesses;acquisition of weather report and other relevant documentations
  • Collect flight data recorder(FDR)and cockpit voice recorder(CVR),and investigate the state of damages to aircraft.
  • Notify the preliminary report to ICAO
  • Tests and reseach
    (analysis,investigation,and experimentation)
  • Analysis



Hearings(Parties concerned and persons of learning and experience)



Deliberations of the Commission(Air Sub-committee)



Hearings(Persons related of the cause)



Resolution of the commission(Air Sub-committee)



Submission the report to Minister of Land,Infrastructure and Transport



Publication of the Report



Submission the report to ICAO


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