FAA Letter Says They Didn't Get My ECG

[outtahere]

The letter states that I have 30 days to resubmit or I revert to a 2nd class medical. Anyone ever had this issue before and if so, how did you fix it? Do I need to return to my Dr's office for another ECG, or can they just resend it?

Thanks

 

[redflyer65]

I'd call the doctor first. Most likely you'll have to go back, but that's just my guess. It depends if he saved a copy, but usually it's transmitted live to the FAA these days I believe.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I had that happen a while back because the fax didn't come out right or something of that effect, I just went back to the doctor's office and had another one done and resent to the FAA, I wasn't charged for it either.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Start with the Doctor and see what he/she has to say.

 

[XJohXJ]

Sometime the FAA Aeromed Office in OKC doesn't link your EKG properly with your file. At least in my case, the EKG was identified by a reference number which is neither SSN or ATP Cert number, or anything I would know. I had to call the central FAA Aeromed number, and the woman who answered figured it out very quickly. She said this issue happened every now and then.

 

[Data]

I had this happen a few years back, just call the doctor and ask him to resubmit, they keep it in your file.

 

[TheRaven]

I had this happen several years ago...that's a great letter to get from the FAA isn't it. The problem was that the FAA machine had a problem receiving the EKG from my Dr. They re-sent it twice, but the FAA wasn't receiving it. Finally, my DR. sent them a copy of it (I believe via Fax machine)

 

[No Delay]

Like everyone else stated...happens a lot. Mine had to do with FAA not using SSN anymore. The Dr. transmitted with my social instead on my cert #.

Called him (he was very familiar with the letter and how to correct it). Said the quickest way to fix it was do another EKG and resubmit. Took all of 3 mins.

More than likely...your Dr has dealt with this before.

 

[greed]

I went thru this same scenario also about 3 months ago. I called my doctor and he FedExed a better copy and it was ok. Good luck

 

[outtahere]

My Dr. is out of town for the next two weeks! That leaves about one week to get it done. If not, I guess I get to see how good that Loss of License insurance I've been paying for really is. What a freaking pain in the butt this is! Thanks for all of the advise.