Reporting an Incident
Have you been involved in or witnessed an accident or incident? Please let USHPA know.
You and your friends are out flying and something doesn't go according to plan. After taking care of everyone involved, there is something else your fellow pilots, and USHPA, would like you to do:
Why? The Accident Review Committee collects information in order to identify patterns and alert other pilots to potential causes of accidents and ways they can be avoided. USHPA's insurance company needs to be notified in the event of our USHPA insurance comes into play as a result of the accident. Finally, the USHPA office collects information to meet the mandatory reporting requirements (per our SOPs) for instructors, tandem pilots, event and competition organizers, chapters, etc.
Overview of accident and incident reporting
Step 1 - Preliminary Incident Report
- Use this form to notify USHPA that there has been an accident or incident
- Fulfills mandatory reporting requirements described in the SOPs
- Fulfills mandatory reporting requirements described in competition and event rules
- Information is not confidential or protected from discovery, but can be anonymous
- If you provide your email address, you will receive a copy of the report
- If you provide your email address and check the appropriate boxes, you will be emailed links to the other forms
Step 2 - Insurance Notification of a Potential Claim Against You
- Use this form to notify our insurance company of an accident or incident that involved injury or property damage that you believe might result in claims against you relating to your flying activities.
- Reports may not be anonymous
- All information provided is confidential and legally protected as client-attorney communication
- NOTE: If you are an instructor with a PASA-certified school you must report the incident using the Student Lesson Day logging system. You do not need to use this form.