AVIATION LAW - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS!!
Which agency of the U.S. government is responsible for the production of aeronautical charts? -
(answer)Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Which agency of the U.S. government is responsible for the day-to-day screening of airline passengers,
baggage, and cargo? - (answer)Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
You are flying a private aircraft from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California, under
Visual Flight Rules (VFR). Over the Mojave Desert, you contact Los Angeles Center and request radar
flight following to the Camarillo Airport. Center assigns you a transponder code with instructions to
"squawk ident" and a moment later the pleasant sounding controller advises you: "Radar contact 3 miles
north of the Mojave Airport. We had a report that you may have entered restricted airspace, so please
give us a call at 213-666-1234 when you get on the ground."
What will you reply? Why? - (answer)Acknowledge the communication as you are required to respond
to all ATC communications
What do you intend to do once you arrive at your destination? Why? - (answer)Tie down the aircraft and
disappear as quickly as possible. Do not refuel or leave any sort of paper trail. Do not incriminate
yourself.
After landing, you are tying down the aircraft when a person approaches and asks: "FAA.
Are you the pilot of this aircraft?" What will you reply? What will you do? Why? - (answer)Do not self
incriminate yourself. Find a professional method of deferring any questions until an attorney is present.
Ask for credentials. Ask questions.
The FAA inspector then asks: "May I see your airman and medical certificates and the aircraft
registration and airworthiness certificates, please?" What will you say? What will you do? Why? -
(answer)Offer the documents as required by 61.51. Do not surrender them.
The inspector, who is now holding your documents, states: "I'm going to need to take these back to the
office to make some copies. If you'll give me the address where you're staying, I'll have them returned to
, AVIATION LAW - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS!!
you in a couple of hours." What will you say? What will you do? Why? - (answer)Do not surrender the
documents. State you are not surrendering them. Never give up your documents. Get attention from
anyone in the vicinity so you have witnesses to testify that the inspector is trying to leave with your
documents (do not touch an inspector)
A few days later, you receive a phone call from a person who identifies himself as an FAA inspector and
inquires: "I've been assigned to investigate a report that you flew through Restricted Area R-2505 over
by Nellis Air Force Base without permission. What can you tell me about that?" What will you reply?
Why? - (answer)Do not answer or disclose any historical facts without having a lawyer present. Do not
give up any information.
Three weeks later, you receive a letter of investigation from the FAA inspector. Are you required to
respond to this letter? If you do, can your response be used as evidence to suspend or revoke your pilot
certificate? What will you do now? Why? - (answer)You do not have to respond. Take the letter to your
aviation lawyer for advice. Do not hang yourself by responding on your own. A lawyer can send a
correspondence letter in reply that will not admit to anything
You have inadvertently violated an FAR. If the FAA doesn't know about your violation, will it find out
because you file an Aviation Safety Report with NASA? - (answer)No, the reports are confidential.
Should you wait until you find out whether the FAA is going to take some enforcement action against
you before filing a NASA Aviation Safety Report? Why? - (answer)No, in order to benefit from the report
it must be submitted within 10 days of the date of violation, or date when you became aware.
You receive a Notice of Proposed Certificate Action signed by an FAA attorney notifying you that the FAA
believes you have violated one or more FARs and intends to suspend your certificate for 180 days. A
form is attached that offers you the opportunity for an informal conference with the FAA attorney.
What is the purpose of an informal conference? - (answer)Gives a chance to sit down with the FAA
attorney and inspector, which will let them get a feel for your attitude and professionalism, and to be
sure they understand what really happened.
Can statements you make at the informal conference later be used by the FAA as evidence against you?
- (answer)Only if you tell a different story under oath.
Which agency of the U.S. government is responsible for the production of aeronautical charts? -
(answer)Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Which agency of the U.S. government is responsible for the day-to-day screening of airline passengers,
baggage, and cargo? - (answer)Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
You are flying a private aircraft from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California, under
Visual Flight Rules (VFR). Over the Mojave Desert, you contact Los Angeles Center and request radar
flight following to the Camarillo Airport. Center assigns you a transponder code with instructions to
"squawk ident" and a moment later the pleasant sounding controller advises you: "Radar contact 3 miles
north of the Mojave Airport. We had a report that you may have entered restricted airspace, so please
give us a call at 213-666-1234 when you get on the ground."
What will you reply? Why? - (answer)Acknowledge the communication as you are required to respond
to all ATC communications
What do you intend to do once you arrive at your destination? Why? - (answer)Tie down the aircraft and
disappear as quickly as possible. Do not refuel or leave any sort of paper trail. Do not incriminate
yourself.
After landing, you are tying down the aircraft when a person approaches and asks: "FAA.
Are you the pilot of this aircraft?" What will you reply? What will you do? Why? - (answer)Do not self
incriminate yourself. Find a professional method of deferring any questions until an attorney is present.
Ask for credentials. Ask questions.
The FAA inspector then asks: "May I see your airman and medical certificates and the aircraft
registration and airworthiness certificates, please?" What will you say? What will you do? Why? -
(answer)Offer the documents as required by 61.51. Do not surrender them.
The inspector, who is now holding your documents, states: "I'm going to need to take these back to the
office to make some copies. If you'll give me the address where you're staying, I'll have them returned to
, AVIATION LAW - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS!!
you in a couple of hours." What will you say? What will you do? Why? - (answer)Do not surrender the
documents. State you are not surrendering them. Never give up your documents. Get attention from
anyone in the vicinity so you have witnesses to testify that the inspector is trying to leave with your
documents (do not touch an inspector)
A few days later, you receive a phone call from a person who identifies himself as an FAA inspector and
inquires: "I've been assigned to investigate a report that you flew through Restricted Area R-2505 over
by Nellis Air Force Base without permission. What can you tell me about that?" What will you reply?
Why? - (answer)Do not answer or disclose any historical facts without having a lawyer present. Do not
give up any information.
Three weeks later, you receive a letter of investigation from the FAA inspector. Are you required to
respond to this letter? If you do, can your response be used as evidence to suspend or revoke your pilot
certificate? What will you do now? Why? - (answer)You do not have to respond. Take the letter to your
aviation lawyer for advice. Do not hang yourself by responding on your own. A lawyer can send a
correspondence letter in reply that will not admit to anything
You have inadvertently violated an FAR. If the FAA doesn't know about your violation, will it find out
because you file an Aviation Safety Report with NASA? - (answer)No, the reports are confidential.
Should you wait until you find out whether the FAA is going to take some enforcement action against
you before filing a NASA Aviation Safety Report? Why? - (answer)No, in order to benefit from the report
it must be submitted within 10 days of the date of violation, or date when you became aware.
You receive a Notice of Proposed Certificate Action signed by an FAA attorney notifying you that the FAA
believes you have violated one or more FARs and intends to suspend your certificate for 180 days. A
form is attached that offers you the opportunity for an informal conference with the FAA attorney.
What is the purpose of an informal conference? - (answer)Gives a chance to sit down with the FAA
attorney and inspector, which will let them get a feel for your attitude and professionalism, and to be
sure they understand what really happened.
Can statements you make at the informal conference later be used by the FAA as evidence against you?
- (answer)Only if you tell a different story under oath.
