FAA MILITARY COMPETENCY TEST KEY
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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... -
CORRECT ANSWERS must immediately notify the nearest NTSB office.
Notification to the NTSB is required when there has been substantial damage - CORRECT
ANSWERS which adversely affects structural strength or flight characteristics.
NTSB Part 830 requires an immediate notification as a result of which incident? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Any required flight crewmember being unable to perform flight duties because
of illness.
Which incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately? -
CORRECT ANSWERS In-flight fire.
Which airborne incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified
immediately? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flight control system malfunction or failure.
During flight a fire, which was extinguished, burned the insulation from a transceiver wire. What
action is required by regulations? - CORRECT ANSWERS An immediate notification by the
operator of the aircraft to the nearest NTSB field office.
When should notification of an aircraft accident be made to the NTSB if there was substantial
damage and no injuries? - CORRECT ANSWERS Immediately.
You are acting as PIC, and the pilot acting as SIC becomes incapacitated due to chest pains. -
CORRECT ANSWERS You should immediately notify the NTSB.
, What period of time must a person be hospitalized before an injury may be defined by the NTSB
as a "serious injury"? - CORRECT ANSWERS 48 hours; commencing within 7 days after
date of the injury.
How many days after an accident is a report required to be filed with the nearest NTSB field
office? - CORRECT ANSWERS 10
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 - CORRECT ANSWERS only if requested to do so.
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS 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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS No notification or report is required.
What is the maximum bearing error (+ or -) allowed for an operational VOR equipment check
when using an FAA-approved ground test signal? - CORRECT ANSWERS 4 deg
Which data must be recorded in the aircraft logbook or other record by a pilot making a VOR
operational check for IFR operations? - CORRECT ANSWERS Date of check, place of
operational check, bearing error, and signature.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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... -
CORRECT ANSWERS must immediately notify the nearest NTSB office.
Notification to the NTSB is required when there has been substantial damage - CORRECT
ANSWERS which adversely affects structural strength or flight characteristics.
NTSB Part 830 requires an immediate notification as a result of which incident? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Any required flight crewmember being unable to perform flight duties because
of illness.
Which incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified immediately? -
CORRECT ANSWERS In-flight fire.
Which airborne incident would require that the nearest NTSB field office be notified
immediately? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flight control system malfunction or failure.
During flight a fire, which was extinguished, burned the insulation from a transceiver wire. What
action is required by regulations? - CORRECT ANSWERS An immediate notification by the
operator of the aircraft to the nearest NTSB field office.
When should notification of an aircraft accident be made to the NTSB if there was substantial
damage and no injuries? - CORRECT ANSWERS Immediately.
You are acting as PIC, and the pilot acting as SIC becomes incapacitated due to chest pains. -
CORRECT ANSWERS You should immediately notify the NTSB.
, What period of time must a person be hospitalized before an injury may be defined by the NTSB
as a "serious injury"? - CORRECT ANSWERS 48 hours; commencing within 7 days after
date of the injury.
How many days after an accident is a report required to be filed with the nearest NTSB field
office? - CORRECT ANSWERS 10
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 - CORRECT ANSWERS only if requested to do so.
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS 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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS No notification or report is required.
What is the maximum bearing error (+ or -) allowed for an operational VOR equipment check
when using an FAA-approved ground test signal? - CORRECT ANSWERS 4 deg
Which data must be recorded in the aircraft logbook or other record by a pilot making a VOR
operational check for IFR operations? - CORRECT ANSWERS Date of check, place of
operational check, bearing error, and signature.
