| (1) | An investigator-in-charge shall submit a preliminary report on the findings of an investigation in a manner prescribed in Document SA-CATS 12. |
| (2) | The Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall, in respect of an accident involving an aircraft of maximum mass exceeding 2 250 kg, send a copy of a preliminary report to— |
| (a) | a State of Registry or a State of Occurrence , as a ppropriate; |
| (b) | a State of an Operator; |
| (d) | a State of Manufacture: |
| (e) | any State that provided relevant information, significant facilities, or experts; and |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (2), if an aircraft involved in an accident is 2 250 kg or less but involves airworthiness or matters considered to be of interest to other States, the Executive responsible for Aircraft Accident and Incident investigation shall send a preliminary report to— |
| (a) | a State of Reg istry or a State of Occurrence . as appropriate; |
| (d) | a State of Manufacturer; and |
| (e) | any State that provided relevant information, significant facilities, or experts. |
| (4) | A preliminary report required to be sent in terms of subregulations (2) and shall— |
| (a) | be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or airmail, within thirty day s of the date of an accident concerned unless an Accident Data Report has been sent by that time; |
| (b) | be sent by the most suitable and quickest means available, where matters directly affect aviation safety. |
[Regulation 12.05.1 substituted by regulation 4(j) of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]
