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Preserve information before it changes

Organize the available material around what happened before, during, and after the event. Note the aircraft type and registration if known; the operator, owner, carrier, or employer; the planned and actual trip; the departure and destination; and whether the event occurred during taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, approach, landing, or another phase. Preserve names and contact information for witnesses without asking them to alter their accounts.

• Photographs or video of the scene, aircraft, components, surroundings, and visible damage.
• Passenger, crew, booking, ticket, charter, cargo, or employer records tied to the trip.
• Medical records and a contemporaneous personal account of symptoms, treatment, and limitations.
• Messages, emails, notices, and correspondence received from operators, carriers, investigators, insurers, or other entities.

Treat wreckage and components as controlled evidence

The physical aircraft and components may be controlled by investigators, operators, owners, insurers, repair facilities, or other custodians. Do not move, clean, discard, repair, or modify aviation equipment or debris that may matter. Record where items were found and who had custody, while recognizing that access and preservation decisions may be controlled by the responsible custodian or investigative process.

Use a dated chronology

Start with a dated chronology. Record when and where the trip occurred, what was observed, when symptoms began, and each medical visit or work interruption. Preserve original files rather than relying only on screenshots or summaries. Keep a separate list of unanswered questions, including the identity of the operator, aircraft, investigators, and record custodians.

• Secure original photographs, videos, messages, documents, and electronic files with their dates and source information.
• Request or preserve passenger, trip, aircraft, maintenance, communication, weather, and investigative material as it becomes identifiable.
• Maintain medical and employment records in date order, without adding speculation to the account.
• Note every transfer, inspection, repair, storage decision, or other known change involving wreckage or components.

Separate observation from interpretation

If an investigator, operator, insurer, or other custodian asks for a statement or documents, keep the request and your response. Avoid guessing about technical causes. A factual account can identify what was seen, heard, received, or experienced without resolving disputed issues.

Make the first file complete

Create an event file with the location, date, aircraft and operator identifiers, trip information, injuries, medical care, witnesses, photographs, communications, and known custodians. Preserve the aircraft and components where they are, and ask that relevant electronic and physical material be retained. Use official record starting points only after identifying the event and likely custodian.

• Write a factual chronology while memories are fresh.
• Obtain and preserve medical, passenger, trip, employment, and correspondence records.
• Identify investigators and request records from the appropriate custodian rather than assuming a local entity controls them.
• Track missing records, conflicting accounts, and any change in custody of wreckage or components.
• Review the applicable official Texas statutory chapter when a limitations, responsibility, public-entity, product, or work-related issue is actually implicated.

Use related topic pages carefully

For broader navigation, see the Cactus personal-injury page and the related aviation, boating, and train or subway accident topics. The Texas and Moore County pages provide location context without changing the need for event-specific evidence.