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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.
Incorrect — an in-flight fire IS an immediate-notification event under 49 CFR 830.5(a)(4).
✓ A precautionary off-field landing due to low fuel or weather that results in no injury and no aircraft damage.correct
49 CFR 830.5(a) requires immediate NTSB notification for an accident, and for: a flight control system malfunction or failure; the inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal duties because of injury or illness; failure of structural components of a turbine engine (excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes); in-flight fire; an in-flight collision between aircraft; property damage, other than to the aircraft, estimated to exceed $25,000; and an aircraft that is overdue and believed to have been in an accident. A further list applies only to large multiengine aircraft. A precautionary landing that causes no injury and no damage is not on the list. A near-midair collision is reported voluntarily through ASRS, not under 830.5.
Inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal duties.
Incorrect — crewmember incapacitation from injury or illness IS an immediate-notification event under 49 CFR 830.5(a)(2).
Substantial damage to the aircraft.
Incorrect — substantial damage makes the occurrence an accident, which requires immediate notification under 49 CFR 830.5.
Why
49 CFR 830.5(a) requires immediate NTSB notification for an accident, and for: a flight control system malfunction or failure; the inability of any required flight crewmember to perform normal duties because of injury or illness; failure of structural components of a turbine engine (excluding compressor and turbine blades and vanes); in-flight fire; an in-flight collision between aircraft; property damage, other than to the aircraft, estimated to exceed $25,000; and an aircraft that is overdue and believed to have been in an accident. A further list applies only to large multiengine aircraft. A precautionary landing that causes no injury and no damage is not on the list. A near-midair collision is reported voluntarily through ASRS, not under 830.5.
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