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If the flight encountered any of the following events, you must report them to the NTSB. Which is NOT immediate-notification per 49 CFR 830.5?

Choices

In-flight fire.
In-flight fire IS reportable.
✓ A passenger requesting to use the bathroom mid-flight.correct
49 CFR 830.5 immediate-notification events: accident (substantial damage or serious injury), in-flight fire, flight control malfunction, structural damage to props/engines, evacuation requiring emergency exits, near-collision needing evasive action, crew incapacitation. A bathroom request, while logistically inconvenient, is not a reportable event.
Inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal duties.
Crew incapacitation IS reportable.
Substantial damage to the aircraft.
Substantial damage IS reportable.

Why

49 CFR 830.5 immediate-notification events: accident (substantial damage or serious injury), in-flight fire, flight control malfunction, structural damage to props/engines, evacuation requiring emergency exits, near-collision needing evasive action, crew incapacitation. A bathroom request, while logistically inconvenient, is not a reportable event.

FAA source: 49 CFR 830.5; 49 CFR 830.5browse the reference library →

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