[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5, Parts 400 to 999]
[Revised as of October 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR835.2] 

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                  CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 835--TESTIMONY OF BOARD EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 835.2  Definitions.

    Accident for purposes of this part includes ``incident.''

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    Board's accident report means the report containing the Board's 
determinations, including the probable cause of an accident, issued 
either as a narrative report or in a computer format (briefs of 
accidents). Pursuant to section 701(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1441(e)) (FA Act) and section 304(c) of the 
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 1903(c)) (Safety Act), 
no part of these reports may be admitted as evidence or used in any suit 
or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such 
reports.
    Factual accident report means an investigator's report of his 
investigation of the accident.