Originally Posted by
tripelapidgeon
The FAA assists the administration of Aviation Activities in the FSM. Therefore the NTSB will be the lead investigative authority.
Annex 13 puts the responsibility for an accident investigation in the hands of the State of Occurrence - in this case, the FSM, who can, if they wish, delegate any or all parts of the investigation to another body such as the NTSB.
But protocol demands that any release of information from the investigation should come from, or with the permission of, the responsible authority.
AFAIK the report on the last accident in the FSM (a runway overrun at PTPN by an Asia Pacific AL B722 freighter in 2008) is still awaited, so don't hold your breath.