PLT416: Immediate Notification
What code PLT416 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Immediate Notification before your checkride.
Recall regulations - immediate notification
What this means for your checkride
The operator of any civil aircraft must immediately, and by the most expeditious means available, notify the nearest NTSB office when an aircraft accident or one of the listed serious incidents occurs, or when an aircraft is overdue and believed to have been in an accident. Listed serious incidents include flight control system malfunction or failure, inability of a required crewmember to perform flight duties, in-flight fire, and an in-flight collision. This immediate notification is separate from the later written report.
Pilots must know which events trigger immediate NTSB notification and that the standard is immediate and by the most expeditious means.
Not every incident requires immediate notification; only an accident or the specific serious incidents listed in the rule do.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.