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41 CFR § 102-33.135 - Responding to aircraft accidents and incidents.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s102-33.135"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 102-33.135 - Responding to aircraft accidents and incidents."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "102-33.135"
section_name: "Responding to aircraft accidents and incidents."
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "102-33"
part_name: "33—MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 31 U.S.C. 101  Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 35 FR 7959, 3 CFR, 1066-1970 Comp., p. 1070; E.O. 11541, 35 FR 10737, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 939; and OMB Circular No. A-126 (Revised May 22, 1992), 57 FR 22150."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 58425, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "102-33"
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# 102-33.135 Responding to aircraft accidents and incidents.

(a) You must establish or require the following standards for responding to aircraft accidents and incidents:

(1) A policy ensuring compliance with NTSB reporting rules (49 CFR parts 830 and 831), including immediate NTSB notification of accidents/incidents and a method for notifying GSA as required in § 102-33.270;

(2) An accident/incident response plan based on the NTSB's “Federal Plan,” with periodic exercises, and procedures (per FAA AC 120-92) to identify potential accidents or incidents;

(3) Procedures for participating in NTSB investigations of agency-owned or hired aircraft, and for conducting parallel investigations when appropriate;

(4) Accident/incident investigation training for personnel involved in NTSB or parallel investigations; and

(5) Procedures for disseminating, in the event of an aviation disaster that involves one of your Government aircraft, information about eligibility for benefits to anyone injured, to the injured or deceased persons' points of contact (listed on the manifest), and to the families of injured or deceased crewmembers and qualified non-crewmembers.

(b) This section does not supersede 49 CFR parts 830 and 831.