MAAA Wingspan

07 MAY WING SPAN MAAALogo. What is an Incident Report? An incident report provides information about the incident and is used for insurance purposes. The incident report is also used by the insurance brokers as evidence for potential insurance claims. What is an Investigation Report? An Investigation Report identifies and assesses what in fact happened and looks at ways to minimise the risk of a similar incident/ accident occurring. What happens with related Third-Party insurance claims? This would be in the case of a vehicle being damaged by a model aircraft. Three quotes are requested for the repair of the damaged vehicle. The MAAA Executive will decide which quote for repair will be accepted for payout and this may not always be the lowest quote. In all cases, there is no insurance excess to the member involved with the first incident in any one year. In the case of damage or injury to third parties, action will be consistent with direction and guidance provided by Solicitors. What does the MAAA Executive review involve? The MAAA executive will review both the Incidents Report and the Investigations Report and look closely at the recommendations prepared by the club on preventing or reducing the issue from occurring in the future. An incident can only be closed when the executive is satisfied with the recommended corrective actions that have been proposed by the club. In some instances, the executive will work with the club and put in place additional corrective actions in order to prevent a similar incident occurring in the future. Does the MAAA communicate with other members and the aeromodelling community about incidents? The MAAA will include articles in our digital publication Wingspan on trending incidents. From time-to-time, we will also include a summary of the incident and recommended corrective actions in Australian commercial model magazines such as Airborne. Not only does this alert the aeromodelling sport about safety issues, but ensures that any future risk is significantly minimised, keeping the sport fun and safe for all.