Who shall report to HCAA?

Category
Occurrence Reporting

All organizations for whom the Competent Authority is HCAA under the Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, its Implementing Rules and Regulation (EU) No 376/2014;

Any organization can report to HCAA on a voluntary basis.

Organizations for mandatory occurrence reporting

  • Operators of aeroplanes or helicopters authorized to conduct commercial air transport;
  • Holders of a production organization approval issued under Commission regulation (EU) 748/2012;
  • Organizations approved under Commission Regulation (EU) 1321/2014 Part 145;
  • Organizations approved under Commission Regulation (EU) 1321/2014 Part CAO and standalone Part CAMO ;
  • Approved Training Organizations approved under Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011;
  • Air Navigation Service providers;
  • Operators of certified aerodromes;
  • Ground handlers;
  • Operators of airfields, certified heliports, and certified water aerodromes;
  • Declared training organizations;
  • General Aviation.

(More info about reporting responsibilities of organizations can be found in reporting responsibilities matrix which is prepared by EASA. It is noted that the above table also shows organizations (on the left-hand area) approved by EASA and organizations outside the European Union (on the right-hand area)).

Natural persons

According to article 4 (6) of EU 376/2014, the following natural persons shall report the occurrences through the system established by the organization which employs, contracts, or uses the services of the reporter or, failing that, through the system established by the Member State (ECCAIRS2) of the establishment of their organization, or by the State which issued, validated or converted the pilot's license, or through the system established in by the Agency (EASA) (ECCAIRS2):

  • the pilot in command, or, in cases where the pilot in command is unable to report the occurrence, any other crew member next in the chain of command of an aircraft registered in a Member State or an aircraft registered outside the Union but used by an operator for which a Member State ensures oversight of operations or an operator established in the Union;
  • a person engaged in designing, manufacturing, continuous airworthiness monitoring, maintaining, or modifying an aircraft, or any equipment or part thereof, under the oversight of a Member State or of the Agency;
  • a person who signs an airworthiness review certificate, or a release to service in respect of an aircraft or any equipment or part thereof, under the oversight of a Member State or of the Agency;
  • a person who performs a function that requires him or her to be authorized by a Member State as a staff member of an air traffic service provider entrusted with responsibilities related to air navigation services or as a flight information service officer;
  • a person who performs a function connected with the safety management of an airport to which Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) applies;
  • a person who performs a function connected with the installation, modification, maintenance, repair, overhaul, flight-checking, or inspection of air navigation facilities for which a Member State ensures the oversight;
  • a person who performs a function connected with the ground handling of aircraft, including fuelling, loadsheet preparation, loading, de-icing, and towing at an airport covered by Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008.

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