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Brainteasers Interactive Quiz #60:
National Transportation Safety Board, Part 830

Most pilots will never be involved in an aircraft accident. Nevertheless, it's important for pilots to know their legal responsibilities if they are involved in an aircraft accident or certain incidents in the United States, or anywhere if a U.S.-registered aircraft is involved. NTSB Part 830 specifies what those responsibilities are, and AVweb's Irv Siegel has a quiz is designed to test your knowledge and refresh your memory regarding this information.

by Irv Siegel

The information for this quiz comes from NTSB Part 830.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the questions as best you can, then click on the "Score my quiz answers" button to see your score and read the explanations. If you don't like your score the first time around, you can change some of your answers and resubmit. To get the most out of this quiz, we suggest you keep trying until you get a perfect score.

NOTE: When more than one answer is true, only the most complete correct answer will be scored as correct.

1. NTSB Part 830 contains regulations concerning:
a. the notification and reporting of aircraft accidents and incidents.
b. the notification and reporting of overdue aircraft.
c. the preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records.
d. all of the above.
2. According to NTSB Part 830, which of the following constitutes an aircraft accident?
a. While refueling an aircraft with nobody on board, a fire results that destroys the aircraft.
b. While being hand-propped with nobody on board, an aircraft gets loose and runs into a ditch, destroying the aircraft.
c. After being refueled at the fuel island, an aircraft is being taxiied to its tiedown spot when its brakes fail and it winds up in a ditch, with substantial damage to the aircraft.
d. Any of the above
e. None of the above
3. Any aircraft accident that results in a fatal injury must be reported. According to NTSB Part 830, fatal injury means any injury that results in death within how many days of the accident?
a. 7
b. 10
c. 20
d. 30
4. Which of the following constitutes serious injury, according to NTSB Part 830?
a. simple fracture of a leg
b. simple fracture of the nose
c. hospitalization for 24 hours within seven days of the day the injury was received
d. any of the above
5. According to NTSB Part 830, which of the following constitutes substantial damage?
a. engine failure in a single-engine aircraft
b. ground damage to propellor blades
c. any gear-up landing
d. any of the above
e. none of the above
6. How soon after an aircraft accident must the operator notify the nearest NTSB field office?
a. Within 8 hours
b. Within 16 hours
c. Within 24 hours
d. Immediately
7. Which of the following incidents require that the operator notify the nearest NTSB field office?
a. Flight-control-system malfunction or failure
b. Inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal flight duties as a result of injury or illness
c. Failure of structural components of a turbine engine, excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes
d. In-flight fire
e. Aircraft collide in flight
f. any of the above
g. none of the above
8. Prior to the time the NTSB or its authorized representative takes custody of aircraft wreckage, mail, or cargo, such wreckage, mail, or cargo may not be disturbed or moved except to the extent necessary:
a. to remove persons injured or trapped.
b. to protect the wreckage from further damage.
c. to protect the public from injury.
d. any of the above
9. The operator of a civil, public (as specified in Sec. 830.5), or foreign aircraft shall file a report within how many days after an accident?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 10
d. 14
10. The operator of a civil, public (as specified in Sec. 830.5), or foreign aircraft shall file a report within how days if an overdue aircraft is still missing?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 10
d. 14