---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 845.5"
title: "49"
number: "845.5"
heading: "Board of inquiry."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/845.5"
---

# §845.5. Board of inquiry.

- (a) **Composition of board of inquiry.** The board of inquiry shall consist of a chairman of the board of inquiry, as specified in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, and other members in accordance with Board policy.
- (b) **Duties of board of inquiry.** The board of inquiry shall examine witnesses and secure, in the form of a public record, facts pertaining to the accident or incident under investigation and surrounding circumstances and conditions from which the Board may determine probable cause and may formulate recommendations and/or other documents for corrective or preventative action.
- (c) **Chairman of board of inquiry.** The chairman of the board of inquiry, or his or her designee, shall have the following powers:
  - (1) To designate parties to the investigative hearing and revoke such designations;
  - (2) To open, continue, or adjourn the investigative hearing;
  - (3) To determine the admissibility of and to receive evidence and to regulate the course of the investigative hearing;
  - (4) To dispose of procedural requests or similar matters; and
  - (5) **To take any other appropriate action to ensure the orderly conduct of the investigative hearing.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 515, Pub. L. 106-554, App. C, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-153 (44 U.S.C. 3516 note); 49 U.S.C. 1112, 1113(f), 1116, 1131, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 80287, Dec. 24, 2015, unless otherwise noted.