Accidents and serious incidents (commonly called Immediately Reportable Matters), which affect the safety of aircraft must, in the first instance, be notified to the ATSB by telephone toll-free call:
1800 011 034 or fax (02) 6274 6434.
ONLINE FORM: This secure Aviation Accident or Incident Notification form is to be used to notify the ATSB about all aviation safety occurrences.
Accidents and serious incidents are required to be immediately notified to the ATSB in accordance with section 18 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.
Written notifications are required to be submitted within 72 hours of an accident, serious incident or incident in accordance with section 19 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 and Regulation 2.6 of the Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003. The written notification should contain as much information about the accident, serious incident or incident as is within the knowledge of the person at the time of submitting the notification.
If you cannot complete this notification or require assistance, please telephone 1800 011 034.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau collects information for the purposes of enhancing aviation safety. The information may be disclosed to other bodies or individuals for this purpose. If the information is the subject of an investigation it will only be used in accordance with the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003.
Information disclosed to CASA
Oral and SMS report of Immediately Reportable Matters
Oral and SMS advice of the occurrence of immediately reportable matters (IRMs – accidents and serious incidents) are provided to CASA as soon as the ATSB is informed. The advice may contain details such as operator names, registration numbers, times, dates and locations. The ATSB will try, where possible, to avoid directly identifying individuals.
Daily report
CASA is provided with a redacted daily report of all incidents entered into the ATSB database. The redacted summary is a generic description of the event notified. Depending on the workload for data entry, this may be provided 1 to 3 weeks after the occurrence of the event. The notification will include aircraft registration, so that CASA has enough detail to gather its own information about the occurrence.
Aggregate summaries
An automated weekly transfer of summaries of information entered in the ATSB’s database during that week is provided to CASA. The aggregate summary does not include identifying information such as aircraft registration.
False or misleading reports
Submission of information known by the reporter to be false or misleading is a serious offence under section 137.1 of the Criminal Code. Aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or urging the submission of false or misleading information is also a serious offence.
Additional supporting documentation may be posted to:
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Attention: Notifications
Reply Paid 967
Civic Square ACT 2608
(No postage stamp required)
Telephone: 1800 011 034
Facsimile: 02 6274 6434
Email: atsbasir@atsb.gov.au
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Aviation Accident or Incident Notification / reporting forms
These forms can be used to notify / report to the ATSB about all aviation safety occurrences.
Should you experience difficulties with the online notification form you are encouraged to check that you are using the latest version of your preferred browser. The forms have been tested successfully using Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox. Should the problem persist please use the downloadable notification form above and email to atsbasir@atsb.gov.au or fax to (02) 6274 6434. For technical issues or assistance please contact the ATSB on 1800 011 034 (toll free), during normal business hours.
