Chapter 8 Accidents
1.
According to aviation accident statistics:
A) Europe has the
highest accident rate
of any region
B) Relative to global
traffic, Asia has a
worse safety record
in comparison to
North America
C) Africa has an
accident rate three
times at high as its
percentage of global
aviation traffic
D) Aviation safety
has generally
improved every year
without exception
since 2010
E) None of these
statements are
correct
2.
Which of the following scenarios would be classified as an accident?
A) A pilot declares an
emergency due to a
lack of fuel
B) A plane narrowly
avoids hitting a
mountain
C) A firefighting
plane releases water
early and destroys a
truck below
D) Turbulence causes
a passenger to drop
and damage their
laptop computer
E) None of these are
accidents
3.
Which of the following statements is true of accident investigation?
A) All incident must
be investigated by
the AIA
B) All accidents must
be investigated by
the AIA
C) The AIA must
investigate incidents
in any plane smaller
than 100kg
D) Accident
investigation is done
only because of
losses to the airlines
E) Accident
investigation is
usually led by ICAO
4.
Which piece of safety equipment is NOT common in most commercial airlines?
A) Emergency locator
transmitter
B) Flight data
recorder
C) Cockpit voice
recorder
D) Airborne image
recorder
E) Data link recorder
5.
Which statement is true of the ‘Blackbox’?
A) It must be able to
survive a very hot
fire for 1 month
B) Must incorporate
a ULB or ‘pinger’
C) The box must be
able survive a depth
of 500,000 feet while
submerged in an
ocean
D) The Off-Switch on
the device can only
be accessed by the
flight team
E) All of these
statements are
correct
6.
Which of the following is NOT an approach to AIA development worldwide?
A) A State creating its
own AIA staffed by
investigators
B) A state creating an
AIA and independent
accident
investigation unit
C) Creating an AIA
without having an
investigative unit
D) Have no qualified
investigators and rely
on international
support
E) These are all valid
options in AIA
handing
7.
Which of the following is NOT a required skill of Accident Investigators?
A) Remove parts of
the wreckage for
examination and
analysis
B) Collect and
examine evidence
from the bodies of
victims
C) Logically analyze
facts
D) Teach other pilots
how to avoid the
mistakes they find in
the process of
accident
investigations
E) Interview
witnesses and
survivors while
having the tact to
deal with people
who have been
experience
8.
Which of these actions would take place during Post-Field Phase of an accident investigation?
A) Sort through all
the data gathered to
identify safety
significant events
B) Secure and
examine the
occurrence site
C) Select and remove
specific wreckage
items for further
examination
D) Draft the final
report
E) Examine the
equipment, vehicle
and wreckage for the
first time
9.
As an accident type, A pilot unaware of his altitude flying his plane into a tree would be
B) MAC
C) LOC-I
D) AMAN
E) CTOL
10.
Fatalities are most common in accidents in this category:
B) CFIT
C) UNK
D) MAC
E) Bird
11.
The ‘Killing Zone’ refers to
A) A size of plane
most likely to have
accidents in poor
weather
conditions
B) An area in the
Pacific near
Bermuda known for
plane
disappearances
C) A time period in
flight time when a
pilot has confidence
while still lacking
expertise
D) The altitude at
which most
accidents occur
E) An airspeed range
that is most likely to
result in aviation
accidents
12.
Which statement is correct in regards to aviation accidents?
A) Accident rates
are higher in Asia
and the Pacific
than in Pan
America
C) Europe has
about 27% of the
aviation traffic
and about 27% of
the world’s
accidents
D) The Middle
East has in
general a higher
accident rate
than the global
average
E) All these
statements are
correct
2a.
Which of these would be an aviation accident?
A) A pilot declares
an emergency due
to a low fuel
C) A plane
narrowly avoids
hitting a mountain
D) All three are
aviation
accidents
E) None of these
14.
Which of these is an aviation technology not designed to support accident investigations?
A) ACARS
C) CVR
D) ELT
E) DLR
15.
In aviation safety, an AIA is
A) Always in
charge of any
crash
investigation
anywhere in the
world if the plane
left an airport in
afterwards
C) In charge of
gathering
evidence but not
in charge of
making
recommendations
or reports
D) The
accident/incident
authority
E) None of these
16.
A Lufthansa Airbus 380 on route from Berlin to Toronto crashes in the state of Maine, in the
United States of America. Which ‘State’ is not necessarily involved in the investigation?
A) France
C) Canada
D) United States
E) Trick question –
they are all
involved
17.
Which of the following tasks would occur in the post-field phase of an accident investigation?
A) Investigators
secure and
examine the
occurrence site
C) Investigators
draft a final report
D) Investigators
complete first
interviews with
eye-witnesses
E) None of these
18.
The Miracle on the Hudson is a prime example of what Accident Occurrence Category?
A) BIRD
C) CFIT
D) F-NI
E) WILD
19.
Statistically, what category of accident causes the greatest loss of human life?
A) RE
C) MAC
D) LOC-I
E) SCF-PP
20.
Statistically, an aviation accident is most likely to occur during
A) Take-off
C) Cruise
D) Climb
E) Landing
21.
In aviation, human errors generally account for what percentage of aviation accident
causation?
A) 40–50%
C) 10–20%
D) 0–10%
E) 70–80%
22.
Which are the correct statements about ELT?
1. Transmits when it senses an impact and water
2. Transmits when it senses an impact and/or water
3. Transmits signal on only 121.5 MHz frequency
4. Is activated both automatically and manually
5. Is activated only automatically
A) 1, 5
C) 3, 4
D) 2, 3, 4
E) 2, 4
23.
Which have the right to be included in an aviation accident investigation?
1. State of Occurrence
2. State of Registry
3. State of Association
4. State of Operator
5. State of Passenger Nationality
6. State of Design
7. State of Manufacture
A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
C) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7
E) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
24.
If an accident occurs in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, which one is responsible for the
investigation?
A) State of
Occurrence
C) State of
Operator
D) State of
Manufacture
E) None of these
1.
Swiss Air Flight 111’s final flight demonstrated
B) That a major
component failure
in an aircraft can
lead to tragedy
C) Failures in flight
navigation systems
can lead to tragedy
D) A & B are
correct, C is
incorrect
E) A, B & C are all correct
2.
Regarding the Germanwings Flight 9525 Accident – Mental Health in Aviation, neither the airline nor the
regulator were ever informed of the FO’s mental health conditions. Which is (are) the probable reason(s) that
led to this tragedy?
B) The FO feared
the financial
consequences
C) The FO felt no need
to inform the
company
D) A & B
E) A, B & C
3.
The flight was from New York in the United States to Geneva, Switzerland. For the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111,
why was Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) responsible for leading the investigation?
B) It was the only
available TSB in
North America
C) The accident took
place in Canadian
waters
D) Swiss Air
requested from
Canada’s TSB
E) None of these
4.
Swiss Air Flight 111’s crew contacted the Moncton area control centre (ACC) requesting routing to land at a
convenient airport. The pilots requested Boston airport – about 300 nautical miles behind them – but after a
suggestion from the controller, headed towards Halifax which was only 56 nautical miles from their current
location. Given the information in the case study, would there have been a different outcome to the accident if
the flight headed for Boston instead of Halifax?
B) Yes, Boston
would have been
better since it was
the alternate
aerodrome
C) No, because of the
long distance, it
would not change
anything
D) All of these
E) None of these
5.
Regarding the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111, the pilots discussed dumping fuel.
Why do you think the pilots thought dumping fuel was important?
B) There was no
specific reason for
this procedure
C) It was hard to
control the aircraft in
level flight
D) It was suggested
by ATC for safety
E) None of these