---I had a wonderful technical advisor for my writing project, but he disappeared suddenly. Last I heard he was very ill so I wonder if he's even alive, or if I'd know it if he's not.
---My work is fiction, but I'm obsessive about every detail being technically correct. I need technical advice from any of the following: a pilot who has survived a crash, a crash investigator, an aviation attorney, and/or anyone who knows the ins and outs of g.a. crash investigation. I've exhausted the internet looking for sources of information, but everything so far has come up empty.
---What I need to know is probably quite simple. The pilot in question has 30 years experience and was flying a business-class turboprop over the Appalachian Mountains when he lost fuel pressure and ultimately crashed. He remembers little about what happened. He owned the airplane. There were no fatalities or private property damages, save for 4 trees he took out in a national forest. His injuries will prevent him from ever flying again so FAA will be revoking his medical certificate. In ICU he was off-limits, but now he's in a regular hospital room and fair game to anyone who wants answers. He retained an aviation attorney first thing. On Monday, NTSB and FAA are going to want to talk to him, and herein lies the problem. I haven't the faintest idea where to go from here. Will the investigators show up together? Have they made an appointment, seeing as how there is now an attorney involved, or do they just drop in? After their initial introductions, what kinds of questions do they ask? Will it take all day or just a few hours, keeping in mind that no forms of any kind have been submitted yet? Do they aggressively demand answers or are they mostly decent people? As for the medical certificate, is that something they'd revoke on the spot or is it a process? After they leave, are they likely to come back?
---I'd so appreciate any insight someone who has "been there, done that" can offer. Thanks!!