FAA Military Competency Test
How many days after an accident is a report required to be filed with the nearest NTSB field office?
10
When must an operational check on the aircraft VOR equipment be accomplished to operate under IFR? Within the preceding
30 days
What is the maximum bearing error (+ or -) allowed for an operational VOR equipment check when using an FAA-approved ground test signal?
4 deg
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.
Which is true concerning required maintenance inspections?
An annual inspection may be substituted for a 100-hour inspection.
Which is required equipment for powered aircraft during VFR night flights? If flight is for hire.
An electric landing light, if the flight is for hire.
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.
Which is required equipment for powered aircraft during VFR night flights?
Anti-collision light system.
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.
How long does the Airworthiness Certificate of an aircraft remain valid?
As long as the aircraft is maintained and operated as required by Federal Aviation Regulations.
Which data must be recorded in the aircraft logbook or other record by a pilot making a VOR operational check for IFR operations?
Date of check, place of operational check, bearing error, and signature.
Which airborne incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately?
Flight control system malfunction or failure.
When should notification of an aircraft accident be made to the NTSB if there was substantial damage and no injuries?
Immediately.
You find out that the aircraft you fly at the local flying club has a new airworthiness directive (AD). Where do you look to confirm the aircraft is in compliance?
In the appropriate aircraft records.
Which incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately?
In-flight fire.
If an airplane category is listed as utility, it would mean that this airplane could be operated in which of the following maneuvers?
Limited acrobatics, including spins (if approved).
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
. An aircraft is being towed and strikes another aircraft on the ramp. Are you required to notify the NTSB?
No notification or report is required.
While taxiing on the parking ramp, the landing gear, one wheel, and two tires are damaged by striking ground equipment. What action would be required to comply with NTSB Part 830?
No notification or report is required.
You are the PIC of a small, single-engine reciprocating engine, propeller aircraft and want to know if you can fly an instructional flight for hire. Here is the maintenance data: Total hours - 5,116 Time since last annual inspection - 4 months Hours at last 100-hour inspection - 5,018 Overfly hours at last inspection - 4
No, the 100 hour inspection was due at 5,114 hours. Note: 5018 + 100 - 4 = 5114 < 5116
Who is primarily responsible for maintaining an aircraft in an airworthy condition?
Owner or operator of the aircraft.
An aircraft carrying passengers for hire has been on a schedule of inspection every 100 hours of time in service. Under which condition, if any, may that aircraft be operated beyond 100 hours without a new inspection?
The 100-hour limitation may be exceeded by not more than 10 hours if necessary to reach a place at which the inspection can be done.
An aircraft on a stopover at an airport 450 miles from its home airport. A mechanic discovers a discrepancy. Who is responsible for maintaining the airworthiness of the aircraft by having the defect corrected?
The owner or operator
You have been hired by an owner to manage his aircraft in a 14 CFR Part 91 operation. The owner has received an Airworthiness Directive in the mail. Who holds the responsibility to ensure the aircraft is in compliance with the AD?
The owner or operator of that aircraft.
. You have been hired by an owner to manage his aircraft in a 14 CFR Part 91 operation. The owner has received an Airworthiness Directive in the mail. Who holds the responsibility to ensure the aircraft is in compliance with the AD?
The owner or operator of the aircraft.
What should an owner or operator know about Airworthiness Directives (AD`s)?
They are mandatory.
According to 14 CFR Part 91, what may you find in the maintenance records?
Total time on the airframe, each engine, each propeller, each rotor and each appliance on an aircraft.
Structural damage or failure is more likely to occur in smooth air at speeds above
V_NO
Which is the correct symbol for the stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable?
V_S
Which is the correct symbol for the stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in a specified configuration?
V_S1
You are PIC of a flight and determine that the aircraft you planned to fly has an overdue Airworthiness Directive (AD). Which of the following is an appropriate decision?
You cancel the flight and have the aircraft scheduled for maintenance.
You are acting as PIC, and the pilot acting as SIC becomes incapacitated due to chest pains.
You should immediately notify the NTSB.
. If an aircraft is not equipped with an electrical or anti-collision light system, no person may operate that aircraft
after sunset to sunrise.
With a blood alcohol level at or above .04 percent, a pilot cannot fly until
at least 8 hours after consuming alcohol, no longer under the influence of alcohol, and the blood alcohol falls below .04 percent.
If not equipped with required position lights, an aircraft must terminate flight
at sunset.
Regulations which refer to "operate" relate to that person who
causes the aircraft to be used or authorizes its use.
Airworthiness Directives require
compliance or the aircraft is unairworthy.
14 CFR part 1 defines V_F as
design flap speed.
Pilots are required to have the anti-collision light system operating
during all types of operations, both day and night.
When in the vicinity of a VOR which is being used for navigation on VFR flight, it is important to
exercise sustained vigilance to avoid aircraft that may be converging on the VOR from other directions.
Regulations which refer to the "operational control" of a flight are in relation to
exercising authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.
To avoid landing at the wrong airport or on the wrong runway, a pilot should
follow the instrument approach chart for the appropriate runway.
After an annual inspection has been completed and the aircraft has been returned to service, an appropriate notation should be made
in the aircraft maintenance records.
Aircraft maintenance records must include the current status of the
life-limited parts of each airframe, engine, propeller, rotor, and appliance.
14 CFR part 1 defines V_LE as
maximum landing gear extended speed.
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.
Regulations which refer to "commercial operators" relate to that person who f
or compensation or hire, engages in the carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier.
A pilot performing a published instrument approach is not authorized to perform a procedure turn when
receiving a radar vector to a final approach course or fix.
A pilot convicted for the violation of any Federal or State statute relating to the process, manufacture, transportation, distribution, or sale of narcotic drugs is grounds for
suspension or revocation of any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under 14 CFR Part 61.
If 8 hours or more have passed since last consuming alcohol, a pilot with a blood alcohol level greater than or equal to .04 percent cannot fly until
the blood alcohol falls below .04 percent and no longer under the influence of alcohol.
Pitch setting means
the propeller blade setting as determined by the blade angle measured as specified by the propeller instruction manual.
The term Airport means an area of land or water that is
used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and includes its buildings and facilities, if any.
Notification to the NTSB is required when there has been substantial damage
which adversely affects structural strength or flight characteristics.
A pilot convicted of operating a motor vehicle while either intoxicated by, impaired by, or under the influence of alcohol or a drug is required to provide a
written report to the FAA Security and Hazardous Materials Safety Office (AXE-700) not later than 60 days after the conviction.
