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You just landed a light twin without first lowering the landing gear. Both propellers are curled
back, the flaps are bent, and there are some dents and scrapes on the aircraft's belly skin.
a.) You believe the cause was that you were distracted in your performance of the aircraft's pre-
landing checklist by the air traffic controller calling to point out other traffic to you. Are you
required to notify any government agency about this mishap? Explain. Correct Ans-No, all of
the damage listed is excluded from the definition of substantial damage and does not need to be
reported.
You just landed a light twin without first lowering the landing gear. Both propellers are curled
back, the flaps are bent, and there are some dents and scrapes on the aircraft's belly skin.
b.) You believe that the cause was a malfunction or failure of the landing gear system, because
you remember placing the gear handle in the "down" position and observing three illuminated
green lights, indicating that all three landing gear were down and locked. Are you required to
notify any government agency of this mishap? Explain. Correct Ans-No, the landing gear is
not a flight control system and therefore does not need to be report as an accident or incident.
You just landed a light twin without first lowering the landing gear. Both propellers are curled
back, the flaps are bent, and there are some dents and scrapes on the aircraft's belly skin.
c.) A tear-down inspection of the engines reveals that both crankshafts were bent when the
propellers struck the ground. Now are you required to notify any government agency of this
,event? Explain. Correct Ans-Now an accident report would be required because both engines
were damaged in the accident. This would need to be reported to the NTSB as an accident.
While operating at an uncontrolled airport, you have a midair collision with another aircraft that
you did not see and that had no radio with which to report its whereabouts or intentions.
a.) Fortunately for everyone involved, your aircraft suffered no damage, and the only damage to
the other aircraft was a small hole punctured in the upper skin of a wing by your landing gear. No
one was hurt, and both aircraft landed uneventfully. Are you required to notify any government
agency of this mishap? Explain. Correct Ans-Yes, even though this does not meet the
definition of an accident, any incident involving an aircraft collision in flight requires a report to
the NTSB.
While operating at an uncontrolled airport, you have a midair collision with another aircraft that
you did not see and that had no radio with which to report its whereabouts or intentions.
b.) The two aircraft involved were both blimps, which merely bounced off each other rather
comically, with no damage to either aircraft. Are you required to notify any government agency
of this mishap? Explain. Correct Ans-Yes, even though this does not meet the definition of an
accident, any incident involving an aircraft collision in flight requires a report to the NTSB.
While operating at an uncontrolled airport, you have a midair collision with another aircraft that
you did not see and that had no radio with which to report its whereabouts or intentions.
, c.) The two aircraft did not collide, but missed each other by no more than a millimeter. Are you
required to notify any government agency of this event? Explain. Correct Ans-No, this type
of incident is not listed on the list of incidents that require reports to the NTSB.
You are flying a large jet transport and experience a failure of one of the four turbine engines. No
one is injured, and you are able to make a successful emergency landing.
a.) The failure was apparently caused by ingesting a large bird, which caused numerous turbine
blades to break off and be blown out the engine exhaust. Are you required to notify any
government agency of this occurrence? Explain. Correct Ans-No, damage was only to one
engine so it is not an accident and if the turbine blades are blown out by the exhaust it is not an
incident that requires an mandatory report.
You are flying a large jet transport and experience a failure of one of the four turbine engines. No
one is injured, and you are able to make a successful emergency landing.
b.) The failure was catastrophic and uncontained, causing a turbine wheel to emerge from the
side of the engine cowling, penetrating and lodging in the fuselage. Now are you required to
notify any government agency of this occurrence? Explain. Correct Ans-Yes, a report to the
NTSB would be required for this incident because the turbine blades escaped by a path different
from the exhaust path.
You are operating an aircraft equipped with a single electronic primary flight display. While in
flight the screen goes dark, displaying no information. You have no other electronic cockpit
displays. Are you required to notify any government agency of this failure? Does your answer
depend upon whether you are operating in IMC or VMC at the time? Explain. Correct Ans-
Yes, this would require an incident report be made to the NTSB. Complete loss of information
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