What has been and continues to be the primary reason for hull losses and fatalities?  
Answer :   Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).  


Put simply, an accident is a CFIT accident when:  
Answer :   A pilot or crew unintentionally flies a perfectly good aircraft into the terrain or water.  


To be classified as a CFIT accident:  
Answer :   All the listed conditions are required.  


Approximately 80% of CFIT accidents take place within how many miles of the landing runway threshold?  
Answer :   10.  


Most CFIT accidents occur in:  
Answer :   
Takeoff, Initial Climb, Final Approach, and Landing phases of flight.

The landing descent and landing phase of flight.  


Less than 20% of CFIT accidents occur in areas that do not have high terrain.  
Answer :   False.  


Without terminal approach radar present, statistically, the risk of a possible CFIT accident:  
Answer :   Increases approximately three fold.  


The most common primary causal factor in approach and landing accidents (ALA) is:  
Answer :   Omission of action or inappropriate action by a flight crewmember.  


Which of these factors was/were present in more than 50% of CFIT occurrences?  
Answer :   All of the answers are correct.  


Pilots who fly internationally may encounter differences in the way altitude and altimeter setting is communicated.  
Answer :   True 


The use of ground proximity warning systems (GPWS) by U.S. and World Air Carriers has contributed to a large reduction in the the number of CFIT accidents during the 1970's and 1980's.  
Answer :   True.  


There are two basic causes for CFIT accidents. They are:  
Answer :   Flight crew lack of situational awareness, including both horizontal and vertical awareness.  


Which of the following is a factor that contributes to CFIT?  
Answer :   All of the answers are correct.  


A QNH altimeter setting is normally used in the United States when flying:  
 
  Below 18,000'.  
 
QNH is the standard altimeter setting for an airport provided to pilots by ATC. Pilots are required to use the current reported altimeter setting of a station along the route and within 100 nautical miles of the aircraft.  

When flying over an airport reporting station, a QFE altimeter setting results in:  
Height above the ground.  
QFE is when the altimeter is set to zero while on the airport surface. Absolute altitude or altitude above the airport surface is achieved with this setting.  

QNE is an altimeter setting which in the U.S. is used:  
When in Class A airspace.  
The positive control area or Class A airspace starts at 18,000" and extends upward to FL 600 in most locations in the U.S. FAR"s require you to use pressure altitude when at or above 18,000 feet MSL by setting the altimeter to 29.92" Hg.  

If accepting a "direct to" clearance, who is responsible for safe terrain clearance?  
Answer :   The flight crew 


Which of the following help to prevent CFIT accidents?  
Answer :   All of the answers are correct.  


Regarding the prevention of CFIT accidents, which of the following callouts are appropriate? 
Answer :   All the answers are correct.  

 
The last link in the chain of events that lead to CFIT accidents is the flight crew.  
Answer :   True.