---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 4.05-10"
title: "46"
number: "4.05-10"
heading: "Written report of marine casualty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/4.05-10"
---

# §4.05-10. Written report of marine casualty.

- (a) The owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge must, within 5 days, file a written report of any marine casualty required to be reported under [§ 4.05-1](/cfr/46/4.05-1.md). This written report is in addition to the immediate notice required by [§ 4.05-1](/cfr/46/4.05-1.md). This written report must be delivered to a Coast Guard Sector Office or Marine Inspection Office. It must be provided on Form CG-2692 (Report of Marine Casualty, Commercial Diving Casualty, or OCS-Related Casualty), and supplemented as necessary by appended Forms CG-2692A (Barge Addendum), CG-2692B (Report of Mandatory Chemical Testing Following a Serious Marine Incident Involving Vessels in Commercial Service), CG-2692C (Personnel Casualty Addendum), and/or CG-2692D (Involved Persons and Witnesses Addendum).
- (b) If filed without delay after the occurrence of the marine casualty, the report required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section suffices as the notice required by [§ 4.05-1(a)](/cfr/46/4.05-1.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-030, 63 FR 19192, Apr. 17, 1998, as amended by USCG-2006-25556, 72 FR 36330, July 2, 2007; USCG-2016-0748, 83 FR 11902, Mar. 19, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2303a, 2306, 6101, 6301, 6305, 56311, and 70034; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Subpart 4.40 issued under 49 U.S.C. 1903(a)(1)(E).

### Source

Source: CGD 74-119, 39 FR 33317, Sept. 17, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 94-030, 63 FR 19192, Apr. 17, 1998, as amended by USCG-2006-25556, 72 FR 36330, July 2, 2007; USCG-2016-0748, 83 FR 11902, Mar. 19, 2018]