Mandatory reporting of birdstrikes
227.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, the commander of an aircraft must make a report to the CAA of any birdstrike occurrence which occurs whilst the aircraft is in flight in or over the United Kingdom.
(2) The report must be made within such time, by such means and contain such information as may be prescribed and it must be presented in such form as the CAA may in any particular case approve.
(3) Nothing in this article requires a person to report any occurrence which that person has reported under article 226 or which that person has reason to believe has been or will be reported by another person to the CAA in accordance with that article.
(4) A person must not make any report under this article if that person knows or has reason to believe that the report is false in any particular.
(5) In this article ‘birdstrike occurrence’ means an incident in flight in which the commander of an aircraft has reason to believe that the aircraft has been in collision with one or more birds.