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Build an evidence map

A focused evidence file should connect each item to a time, person, aircraft, or operational decision. Gather photographs and videos in their original form when possible, retain messages and emails, and write down witness names and contact information. Do not move, clean, discard, or alter aircraft parts or other physical evidence unless safety requires it. Note who found, moved, inspected, or stored wreckage and components.

• Aircraft registration, tail or serial information, and operator details, if known.
• Flight number, route, date, time, passengers, crew, and phase of flight, if available.
• Maintenance entries, inspection information, weather material, communications, and dispatch or trip records.
• Names of witnesses, emergency responders, investigators, and other persons who handled physical evidence.

Protect authenticity and sequence

Records may be incomplete at first. Preserve the original source, record when it was obtained, and distinguish firsthand observations from later explanations. A consistent chronology can show which questions remain open without converting an unknown fact into a conclusion.

Create a dated file

Use a dated sequence so the file can be updated as records arrive. Begin with immediate safety and medical documentation, then preserve personal and physical evidence. Next, collect identifying information and make a list of likely custodians. Finally, compare accounts and records without editing the originals.

• Record the date, time, location as presently known, aircraft, operator, occupants, and phase of flight.
• Keep medical records, bills, work-related records, photographs, videos, messages, and witness details in separate labeled folders.
• Create a custodian list covering the operator, owner, maintenance provider, facility, investigators, and other known participants.
• Log every request, response, production date, and stated reason for any missing or withheld material.
• Preserve wreckage and components by documenting custody rather than attempting an independent inspection.

Use official starting points carefully

If an official crash-report or crash-data starting point is relevant, the TxDOT crash-records resource can help identify the appropriate statewide information pathway. It should not be treated as proof that TxDOT handled the event.

Preserve first; interpret later

Preserve the event file, obtain available medical and trip documentation, and avoid discarding or altering physical evidence. Write a short chronology while memories are fresh. If an investigator, operator, insurer, or facility contacts you, keep the communication and note the date, speaker, and subject. Before signing a release or making a detailed statement about disputed facts, consider obtaining advice about the specific circumstances.

• Secure original photographs, videos, messages, and records with backup copies.
• List aircraft, operator, passenger, crew, witness, facility, and investigator information.
• Document the custody and location of wreckage or components without disturbing them.
• Track treatment, appointments, symptoms, expenses, and work-related effects in an organized file.
• Review the official Texas limitations and responsibility chapters, along with any potentially relevant public-entity or products-liability source, without assuming how they apply.

Continue with related topics

For related Texas transportation topics, see the pages on Boating and Jet Ski Accidents and Train or Subway Accidents. For broader context, the Personal Injury page is the parent resource for this topic.