You need legal help. A good friend of mine was in an accident while carrying freight. He was caught in CAT at night, the plane hit a mountain and he nearly died. Luckily he was rescued and put in the hospital. The NTSB interviewed him soon after the crash when he was on meds. They then went after him for reckless behavior or some such. In the end they revoked, then suspended his commercial privileges. He's partially disabled now, so it doesn't matter. He now manages a car shop, so he's doing alright.

 

You seem like a sensible young person and you are going to be okay. Been there, done that. My first Baron gig 20+ years ago i was taxiing it at night and as I was pulling away from the FBO, my right wing hit a tug. I've had a 709 violation before. I've filled out a few nasa forms here and there. I could go on. Point is you're going to have a few blemishes on your record and future employers understand this. Just be honest if it ever comes up.

 

The NTSB did all of this?

 

I think he means to say the FAA.

 

Nasa will not help since damage occurred.

 

I'm pretty sure that fifth amendment does not get off the hook with ntsb/faa reporting requirements. When you make the report you do not have to incriminate yourself or offer an explanation...just report that the event occurred.

 

1. Stop posting here about the incident.
2. Consult an aviation attorney.

 

Yes indeed. To the OP - just talk to a lawyer, can be quite brief and not particularly expensive. AOPA has a list of aviation lawyers or just search the web, find one you feel comfortable and who has a good reputation.

Everybody likes to blast lawyers until they need one (I'm biased as I'm married to one.) However, in this case you are just ensuring you are not making huge mistakes, and the advice you get would be much better than on an anonymous internet forum. If you hire the lawyer, they work for YOU and nobody else.

As you get older you will be in more and more situations that require a lawyer, which makes important transactions much more smoothly than dealing with somebody that may try to screw you over, and they may keep you from making major mistakes.

+1000 to NO FURTHER POSTINGS on this board, talk to an aviation lawyer, and if you fly right probably nothing will ever come of this. In fact, if I were you I'd go back and edit out any identifying details of the incident we were discussing.

Check both directions for illegally parked aircraft, and if this is the only aviation incident you have in your career it will be a very good one.

 

Yeah, FAA and NTSB were involved. It's a long story so I didn't give all the details, but suffice to say he didn't have counsel available when he was interviewed AND he was not in his right mind due to prescribed pain medications. It was a mess.

 

I'm sure both were involved - certainly both in the mishap investigation, but much of what you were describing as happened to the pilot with the certificates and such is the purview of the FAA, not the NTSB. I thought there might have been something else going on but I think that you just mis-spoke in your previous post.