Which statement about filing a NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) report is correct?

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• Filing an ASRS report guarantees that the FAA cannot find the pilot in violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

  Incorrect. ASRS waives the PENALTY, not the finding. Under AC 00-46F the FAA may still investigate and record a finding of violation; what it waives is the civil penalty or certificate suspension.

• ✓ ASRS reports are voluntary but provide limited immunity from FAA enforcement penalties for inadvertent, non-deliberate violations.correct

  The ASRS program is voluntary. A report is filed with NASA — not the FAA — and NASA de-identifies it before any analysis, which is what preserves its confidentiality. Filing within 10 days of the event provides a WAIVER OF PENALTY, not blanket immunity: under AC 00-46F the FAA may still investigate and record a finding of violation, but will waive the civil penalty or certificate suspension when the violation was inadvertent and not deliberate, did not involve a criminal offense, an accident, or an action under 49 U.S.C. 44709 showing a lack of qualification, and the airman has not been found in violation in the preceding five years. Accidents and deliberate acts are expressly excluded from the waiver. File after any safety-relevant event — an airspace deviation, a near-midair, an ATC error, a system failure or a fatigue issue — and note that filing never waives the duty to cooperate with an accident investigation.

• An ASRS filing waives certificate action even if the event involved an aircraft accident or intentional airspace deviation.

  Incorrect. AC 00-46F expressly excludes accidents (reportable under 49 CFR 830) and deliberate or criminal acts from the waiver of penalty.

• Reports must be submitted directly to the local FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) within 24 hours of landing.

  Incorrect on both counts. Reports go to NASA, not the FAA — that is what keeps them confidential — and the window is 10 days from the event, not 24 hours.