§44735 Limitation on Disclosure of Safety Information

Summary

The FAA Administrator must not make public certain safety reports, data, or other information. That rule covers information given to the FAA voluntarily (when not required by law), information given under section 102(e) of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, and anything sent to help build or run a safety management system. It applies to materials from programs like the Aviation Safety Action Program, Flight Operational Quality Assurance, Line Operations Safety Audit, safety management system work, and studies that use those materials (including work under the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program or its successor). The rule does not apply if the information has been de-identified, meaning all details likely to identify specific people or companies are removed. The same non-disclosure requirement also applies to heads of other federal agencies who get these materials from the FAA. It does not limit the National Transportation Safety Board’s accident investigation powers under chapter 11, including the rule about not disclosing voluntarily provided safety-related information under section 1114.