Enhancing safety through improved reporting

As well as being a legal requirement, reporting accidents and incidents to the CAA improves aviation safety and helps keep people safe.

Information from reports is used to help us and the aviation sector reduce aviation risks.

Because this data is so important, we’ve updated our forms and processes to make reporting easier for you.

Reporting an occurrence – new look, same purpose

Reporting a CA005 is now known as ‘Report an Occurrence’. The new web forms for Part 12 occurrences and aviation-related concerns have been redesigned with a consistent layout and appearance to match the CAA website. The content and reporting requirements remain largely the same, though we’ve removed some fields and added some new ones to streamline the process.

Please access the new Occurrence Reporting Form(external link), and remember to remove any previously saved links to outdated forms.

You’ll continue to receive automatic email notifications from us, including:

• A Resume draft button when you start a report, in case you are interrupted
• Confirmation emails when a report is completed and submitted
• Acknowledgement that the CAA has received and accepted your report

Take a look at the changes below to ensure you have the information available when submitting an occurrence report.

Key changes and new fields

The form includes new fields for detailed incident reporting, such as weather conditions, light conditions, aircraft operation type, and various airspace details. Here are some notable additions:

• Is this a report required by Rule Part 12?
• Occurrence title
• Weather and wind conditions (e.g., precipitation, wind direction, wind velocity)
• Geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude)
• Airspace details (e.g., airspace name, type, and class)
• Dangerous goods information (e.g., detection location, origin of goods)

Several fields have been removed, like Reporter's position, Reporter's investigation status, and various pilot-related fields. These changes aim to reduce redundancy and improve focus on the most critical information.

Comparison between the old CA005 PDF and the new web forms

Feature	Old CA005 PDF	New CAA Web Form
Reporting Name	CA005	Report an Occurrence
Data Entry	Manual PDF entry	Interactive web fields
New Data Fields	Not present	Detailed fields for weather, location, and ATM
Removed Fields	Included in PDF	Streamlined, some fields removed
Occurrence Type	Multi-select	Dropdown with 5 main options
Dangerous Goods Descriptors	Basic list with few options	Expanded, linked to UN/ID taxonomy
Aircraft Damage	Single entry	Dropdown for highest damage to aircraft

Report an aviation concern

We've also updated our form for any member of the public that has an aviation related safety concern.

Report an aviation related concern(external link)

For more information, visit Aviation concerns.