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Originally Posted by cropfarm
I have my private license and under 100 hrs, I was flying VFR and was not able to make it over a mountain after I departed. It is still under investigation but it will be my fault. I was not injured, my backseat passenger was not injured but my front seat passenger broke her arm. The plane was a complete loose as well. I was planning on going to school to finish my ratings and have a career in aviation, however with this accident will I ever be able to get a job.
This reminds me of an incident from about 30 years ago, when I was in KC135 school at Castle AFB, in Merced, CA. I had reserved a C152 to take my girlfriend for a ride, but when I got out to the Merced FBO, there was a crowd of people standing around the plane, pointing and poking at the prop and the top of wings...
I went inside to ask what's going on with that, and the guy behind the counter said, "You won't believe this, but see that guy over there? He's a student pilot, and he flew that airplane UNDER some high tension power lines to impress his friends, didn't quite make it..."
I went out to take a closer look. The top side of both wings had black streaks running over each rib, front to back, (electrical arcing type) and the prop had a big ding in it, with some arcing there as well.
Not sure what the FAA did to him, because he was a "Student", but I told him he needed to join the Army ASAP, "They are always looking for crazy guys to fly helicopters, you just passed the test..."
So tell us why you thought you could get over the mountain in the first place??
And why you had no "Plan B" in case you couldn't.
And have you considered flying heli's for the Army?