49 C.F.R. § 835.2 > Pursuant to section 701(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (FA Act), and section 304(c) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 ( 4

49 C.F.R. § 835.2 > Pursuant to section 701(e) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (FA Act), and section 304(c) of the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 ( 49 U.S.C. 1154(b)) (Safety Act), no part of a Board accident report may be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such reports. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/835.2 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/835.2 You may also want to read more about how we got here, too: http://www.aircraftbuilders.com/files/2716/File/lr2000d.pdf http://www.aircraftbuilders.com/files/2716/File/lr2000d.pdf