NASA ASRS Question

Milesar

Milesar

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If you submit a NASA form because you think you may have violated a FAR, and you didn’t… or you did and didn’t get caught… is this a bad thing? Or is it just best not to file it because nothing has come of what you think you may have done wrong, and not draw attention to yourself.

You see I know this guy who asked this question… :o
 
File the NASA form. You don't have to violate anything to file one. It won't draw any attention to you as they're anonymous (the name stuff is just so you can use it if they decide to come after you some day, and its sent back to you).

Besides, they can always try to careless and reckless ya if they wanted to. Better safe than sorry
 
Milesar said:
If you submit a NASA form because you think you may have violated a FAR, and you didn’t… or you did and didn’t get caught… is this a bad thing? Or is it just best not to file it because nothing has come of what you think you may have done wrong, and not draw attention to yourself.

You see I know this guy who asked this question… :o
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There's so much more to it than "getting caught". If you did violate a reg, nobody was hurt, and it wasn't criminal, they can't do anything to you.

All of your personal info is removed from the report.
 
You may want to read AC 00-46D. It explains what is not protected unders the ASRS form.

FAR 91.25

The Administrator of the FAA will not use reports submitted to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Aviation Safety Reporting Program (or information derived therefrom) in any enforcement action, except information concerning accidents or criminal offenses which are wholly excluded from the program.
 
It's not really a get out of jail free card anyway. If you do something which would get you in trouble, they can't use the information on the form against you but they can find out about it in other ways.

If you turn an airplane into an lawn dart, NASA form or no, they'll get you.
 
File it. The purpose of the program is to collect information on aviation events in order to increase safety.

The anonymity of the reports, the penalty waiver (subject to conditions) aspects of it, and the fact that they are using NASA instead of the FAA or NTSB as the place to report are just part of making aviation people more willing to make the reports.

As Bandit suggested, reading the AC is a very good idea - there is a surprising amount of misinformation about the program.
 
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