Originally Posted by
mtbthis
Good call on the NASA. But unless someone said "Possible Pilot Deviation" or something specific along those lines, you are fine. The only way for action or an investigation to take place is if you are told that paper work has to be filed and that there is a record of your mistake.
ATC is supposed to do certain things procedurally, but even if they forget or don't for some other reason, it doesn't change what happened in the first place. They don't have to say "possible pilot deviation", although they try to when it happens. NASA form is a good idea. Outcome is usually an Administrative Action Warning Notice. NASA form would waive the penalty (not the decision) if it went to a Legal Action, but that's rare for a simple pilot deviation. I believe the "alarm" ATC uses is 300', a good number to keep in the back of your head.
Mostly likely, if you haven't heard anything in a month, you probably won't hear about it at all. That's not an absolute, but it's usually the way it goes.