Gleim HW 26 Comm Ground
How many days after an accident is a report required to be filed with the nearest NTSB field office?
10
What period of time must a person be hospitalized before an injury may be defined by the NTSB as a "serious injury"?
48 hours; commencing within 7 days after date of the injury.
The maximum cumulative time that an emergency locator transmitter may be operated before the rechargeable battery must be recharged is
60 minutes.
During flight a fire, which was extinguished, burned the insulation from a transceiver wire. What action is required by regulations?
An immediate notification by the operator of the aircraft to the nearest NTSB field office.
NTSB Part 830 requires an immediate notification as a result of which incident?
Any required flight crewmember being unable to perform flight duties because of illness.
Pilots and/or Flight Crew members involved in NMAC occurrences are urged to report each incident immediately:
By radio or phone to the nearest FAA ATC Facility or FSS.
Which airborne incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately?
Flight control systems malfunction or failure.
When should notification of an aircraft accident be made to the NTSB if there was substantial damage and no injuries?
Immediately.
Which incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately?
In-flight fire.
While taxiing for takeoff, a small fire burned the insulation from a transceiver wire. What action would be required to comply with NTSB Part 830?
No notification or report is required.
While taxiing on the parking ramp, the landing gear, wheel, and tire are damaged by striking ground equipment. What action would be required to comply with NTSB Part 830?
No notification or report is required.
Who is responsible for filing a Near Midair Collision (NMAC) Report?
Pilot and/or flight crew of aircraft involved in the incident.
The NTSB must be notified immediately when there is
an in-flight fire.
When diverting to an alternate airport because of an emergency, pilots should
apply rule-of-thumb computations, estimates, and other appropriate shortcuts to divert to the new course as soon as possible.
Approved flotation gear, readily available to each occupant, is required on each airplane if it is being flown for hire over water,
beyond power-off gliding distance from shore.
You are conducting your preflight of an aircraft and notice that the last inspection of the emergency locator transmitter was 11 calendar months ago. You may
depart because the ELT is within the inspection requirements.
If you experience an engine failure in a single-engine aircraft after takeoff, you should
establish the proper glide attitude.
A pilot's most immediate and vital concern in the event of complete engine failure after becoming airborne on takeoff is
maintaining a safe airspeed.
On a post flight inspection of your aircraft after an aborted takeoff due to an elevator malfunction, you find that the elevator control cable has broken. According to NTSB 830, you
must immediately notify the nearest NTSB office.
The operator of an aircraft that has been involved in an incident is required to submit a report to the nearest field office of the NTSB
only if requested to do so.
Notification to the NTSB is required when there has been substantial damage
which adversely affects structural strength or flight characteristics.
