[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR831.8]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 831--ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 831.8  Investigator-in-charge.

    The designated investigator-in-charge (IIC) organizes, conducts, 
controls, and manages the field phase of the investigation, regardless 
of whether a Board Member is also on-scene at the accident or incident 
site. (The role of the Board member at the scene of an accident 
investigation is as the official spokesperson for the Safety Board.) The 
IIC has the responsibility and authority to supervise and coordinate all 
resources and activities of all personnel, both Board and non-Board, 
involved in the on-site investigation. The IIC continues to have 
considerable organizational and management responsibilities throughout 
later phases of the investigation, up to and including

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Board consideration and adoption of a report or brief of probable 
cause(s).

[62 FR 3807, Jan. 27, 1997]