72
STAT.]
PUBLIC
LAW 85-72B-AUG. 23, 1958
TITLE VII—AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
781
INVESTIGATION
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CIVIL AIRCRAFT GENERAL DUTIES
SEC. 701. (a) I t shall be the duty of the Board to— (1) Make rules and regulations governing notification and report of accidents involving civil aircraft; (2) Investigate such accidents and report the facts, conditions, and circumstances relating to each accident and the probable cause thereof; (3) Make such recommendations to the Administrator as, in its opinion, will tend to prevent similar accidents in the future; (4) Make such reports public in such form and manner as may be deemed by it to be in the public interest; and (5) Ascertain what will best tend to reduce or eliminate the possibility of, or recurrence of, accidents by conducting special studies and investigations on matters pertaining to safety in air navigation and the prevention of accidents. TEMPORARY P E R S O N N E L
(b) The Board may, without regard to the civil-service laws, engage, for temporary service in the investigation of any accident involving aircraft, persons other than officers or employees of the United States and may fix their compensation without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; and may, with consent of the head of the executive department or independent establishment under whose jurisdiction the officer or employee is serving, secure for such service
- iny officer or employee of the United States.
CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATIONS
(c) I n conducting any hearing or investigation, any member of the Board or any officer or employee of the Board or any person engaged or secured under subsection (b) shall have the same powers as the Board has with respect to hearings or investigations conducted by it. AIRCRAFT
(d) Any civil aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance affected by, or involved in, an accident in air commerce, shall be preserved in accordance with, and shall not be moved except in accordance with, regulations prescribed by the Board. USE OF RECORDS AND REPORTS AS EVIDENCE
(e) No part of any report or reports of the Board relating to any accident or the investigation thereof, shall be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such report or reports. USE OF AGENCY I N ACCIDENT I N V E S T I G A T I O N S
(f) Upon the request of the Board, the Administrator is authorized to make investigations with regard to aircraft accidents and to report to the Board the facts, conditions, and circumstances thereof, and the Board is authorized to utilize such reports in making its determinations of probable cause under this title.
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