/ Aviation
Aviation Accident Lawyers
Aviation cases run on a federal record. The investigation, the maintenance history and the certification of both aircraft and crew all sit in documentation that has to be obtained properly.
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Injured in an aviation accident, or lost someone in one?
/ The Investigation
NTSB, FAA and Your Claim
The National Transportation Safety Board investigates civil aviation accidents and produces a factual record and, in many cases, a probable-cause finding.
By statute, NTSB probable-cause findings are not admissible as evidence in a civil action — but the underlying factual material is a substantial resource.
The FAA holds airworthiness, maintenance and airman certification records that matter independently of the NTSB process.
The NTSB record is useful — but its probable-cause finding is not evidence.
/ Who May Be Liable
More Than the Pilot
Pilot error is one possibility among several. Maintenance providers, component manufacturers, operators, charter companies and fixed-base operators can each bear responsibility.
A component failure raises product liability questions that are different in kind from a negligence claim against a crew.
General aviation, charter and commercial operations are governed by different rules and different expectations of care.
Pilot, operator, maintenance provider or manufacturer — liability is rarely one party.
/ Practicalities
Time, Venue and Records
Aircraft wreckage, maintenance logs and recorded data are controlled by parties with their own interests, and access is not automatic.
Where an accident crosses state lines or involves a foreign carrier, which law applies is itself a question worth answering early.
These are document cases. Getting the right records, early and through the right channel, is most of the work.
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