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Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Data and Analysis Unit:...

Catalogue reference: DR 11

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DR 11

This series contains records of the Air Registration Board and of the Civil Aviation Authority's Safety Data and Analysis Unit. The records consist of ACC files on action following Board of Trade Accidents Investigation Branch accident...

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Reference
DR 11
Title
Air Registration Board, and Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Data and Analysis Unit: Accident Files
Date
1946-1985
Description

This series contains records of the Air Registration Board and of the Civil Aviation Authority's Safety Data and Analysis Unit. The records consist of ACC files on action following Board of Trade Accidents Investigation Branch accident reports.

There are also some Board of Trade JH/A series and Civil Aviation Authority 10/C and 10/V series registered files on operational aspects of accidents.

Files in each of the two series contain papers on the same accidents.

Related material

For accident reports see AVIA 5 BT 218 BT 219 BT 220

Records of the Board of Trade's Accidents Investigation Branch are in:

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Air Registration Board, 1937-1973
  • Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Data and Analysis Unit, 1981-1991
Physical description
326 files and volumes
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1985 Civil Aviation Authority

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Air transport
Accruals
Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information
The files in this series have been selected as being representative of the work of the Unit and its predecessors and for being accidents of note, including those that led to significant changes in the safety aspects of civil aviation.
Administrative / biographical background

The Safety Data and Analysis Unit forms part of the Civil Aviation Authority's Airworthiness Division. It is responsible for the co-ordination of follow-up action arising from accidents, including the preparation of Civil Aviation Authority responses to the Board of Trade's Accidents Investigation Branch accident reports.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6248/

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