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AFI91-206(I) 8 JULY 2004
Chapter 4
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
4.1. General. If an accident involves only military aircraft and a duty of the Secretary (DOT) is or may
be involved, the military authorities shall provide for the participation of the Secretary. In any other acci-
dents involving only military aircraft, the military authorities shall give the Board (NTSB) or Secretary
(DOT) information the military authorities decide would contribute to the promotion of air safety.
4.1.1. Service directives restrict the release of findings or recommendations. An investigative board's
conclusion attributing cause to another agency or recommendation of corrective action by another
agency may be released only by the service headquarters.
4.1.2. A military mishap safety investigation report may not be disseminated. Nonprivileged portions
may be extracted and released according to respective service policy.
4.1.3. Other investigations may be releasable to other agencies and the public when so authorized by
the military service.
4.1.4. A service safety center will transmit to the FAA, the NTSB or others as necessary, a report of a
hazard requiring immediate action by a component of civil aviation.
4.1.5. Information of interest to the NTSB and FAA. Each military safety center evaluates informa-
tion gathered from various reports it receives and provides the NTSB and the FAA that information it
considers useful in promoting aviation safety. Information such as:
4.1.5.1. Data derived on the basis of comparable models, components or systems in civil aviation,
or experience in similar operations.
4.1.5.2. Information may be drawn from one occurrence or generalized from multiple events.
KENNETH W. HESS, Maj Gen, USAF,
Chief of Safety
Commander, U.S. Air Force Safety Center
RICHARD E. BROOKS, RADM, USN
CNO Special Assistant for Safety Matters
Commander, U.S. Naval Safety Center
PETER J. SCHOOMAKER
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff
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