Accident question

[Steve]

Anyone have any first hand knowledge of life after a accident caused by mechanical failure? If I were to have a engine failure in a piston airplane and the plane is totalled, will my chance of being hired by a regional be effected?

 

[GravityHater]

my guess is if it was a mechanical problem they will be only interested in how you handled it.
if there was a violation I would feel more like I was in the hot seat.
good luck

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

Anyone have any first hand knowledge of life after a accident caused by mechanical failure? If I were to have a engine failure in a piston airplane and the plane is totalled, will my chance of being hired by a regional be effected?

Nah, I doubt it. Unless you hit a tree in the middle of a huge field.

Heck it'll give you a good story to tell on the interview. Just remember to start the story with "There I was.." and of course tell them that the only reason the plane was totalled is because you swerved to miss a small child running through the field and ended up cartwheeling.

Seriously, don't sweat it. Just tell them what you learned from it.

 

[FN FAL]

Anyone have any first hand knowledge of life after a accident caused by mechanical failure? If I were to have a engine failure in a piston airplane and the plane is totalled, will my chance of being hired by a regional be effected?

Nahhhhh...you're good to go. Just chalk it up to it being an "accident" and move on.

 

[TDTURBO]

Tell them while you were heating up the spoon and you dropped the needle and hence crashed. Honestly is the best policy, not! J/k. Good luck with the interview, you'll do fine.

 

[inthewind]

I balled up a Piper Apache when I lost an engine right after takeoff. I got hired a ACA/Indpendence three months after I got my medical back. No violations, hell the Fed didn't even file a report. He told me that I deserved a medal for not killing anyone. I sure didn't deserve a black mark on my file. Even so it is in the NTSB database so I brought a copy of their report to the interview. They really seemed to like the fact that I was up front with the information about the mishap. I was in class ten days after the interview.