Student Pilot Accident?

[Timebuilder]

....and when you start landing jets, you'll STILL be homing in on that centerline!

 

[bobbysamd]

Sh!t happens

About the only thing I can add to the positive advice given here is that you should order all your records concerning your incident. Any kind of incident report, along with any NTSB records and FAA files. Review these records so you can be prepared to answer any questions. You have to answer the question on the app honestly about if you ever had any accidents or incidents. You have to answer all interview questions honestly and accept responsibility for what happened.

Above all, take every pain possible so it doesn't happen again. Student pilot accidents are uncommon, but they do happen. Best of luck.

 

[boeingav8r]

Beech1900,

Hang in there. All the advice from the other members is very good and true (with the exception of CLOWNPILOT - there's always a bad apple in the bunch). Your career is not over at all. Like everybody else said in this thread, use this as a learning experience. I'm willing to bet, you'll always land on the centerline for now on and use your rudder, right?!?!?? This will help make you a better pilot and humble you for when you start flying bigger equipment. Just be honest when you explain this to the interviewer and turn it into a positive instead of a negative. Whatever you do, don't lie about it. Airlines have a way of finding things out, so be honest from the getgo. You're young and this happend early in your flying career...I don't think it would be toooo much of a problem. Keep your head up!!!!

 

[Beech1900]

Thanks

Beech1900,

Hang in there. All the advice from the other members is very good and true (with the exception of CLOWNPILOT - there's always a bad apple in the bunch). Your career is not over at all. Like everybody else said in this thread, use this as a learning experience. I'm willing to bet, you'll always land on the centerline for now on and use your rudder, right?!?!?? This will help make you a better pilot and humble you for when you start flying bigger equipment. Just be honest when you explain this to the interviewer and turn it into a positive instead of a negative. Whatever you do, don't lie about it. Airlines have a way of finding things out, so be honest from the getgo. You're young and this happend early in your flying career...I don't think it would be toooo much of a problem. Keep your head up!!!!

Thanks to all for your advices!! I know that i have to tell the truth or explain if it comes up. But now that i'm seeing more into this bussiness and all the things thats goes around you pretty much have to watch your back in this career. Thats why i'm always doubting myself. BUT yes after the accident it made me a better, safer pilot no lie. I"m not perfect like clownpilot but who knows. Thanks to all.

 

[northmountain]

Rudder?

By the way, this may be a moot point with most of the people here, but there is alot of talk about rudder to maintain centerline without regard to ailerons. If you are teaching a student to do the wing low method (aka sideslip), simply stated ailerons control drift and rudder maintains the longitudinal axis Parallel to the centerline. I can be on final 1,000 feet downwind of the centerline but still parallel to the centerline. Obviously, I'd need more aileron into the wind and more Opposite rudder to maintain the aircraft parellel. This all goes well until short final. The student usually doesn't recognize that, as the aircraft slows in the flare, more aileron and rudder needs to be used. Usually they hold it static and land off centerline. OR they mentally check out the minute the wheels touch. I usually see the yolk centered once the wheels touch, the wing getting lifted due to improper aileron use, and the student off centerline.

I bring this up because I've seen people who have earned their private who cannot execute proper crosswind procedure. Why? The minute the winds get to 6 knots x-wind ATC changes to the intersecting rwy. I try to take students to uncontrolled airports and practice on the x-wind rwy.

Just 'cause the max demonstrated x-wind is 17 knots in many light trainers, doesn't mean that it cannot be landed safely in higher (with due regard to keeping your own bravado in check).

Go out with your students when the winds are howling (even if it is a crappy day and you cannot get anything else done other than x-wind work).

 

[Clownpilot]

LOLOLOLOL

You people are all insane.

Can you read??????

This guy crashed the airplane!!!!


Was he caught in a microburst?

Stricken by lightning??

Mechanical failure??

OH nooooooooo.

It got windy and he crashed the airplane off the side of the runway.

Your advice should be:

1. Stay away from airplanes forever.

or

2. This just ain't your gig.

Instead you give him advice on how to explain it in an interview.


LOLOLOLOLOL

OMG

NEVER FLY ANOTHER AIRPLANE!!

GOT IT????????


Am I perfect????
Compared to this guy I'm the walking second coming.

In fact, don't even go near airports any more.

I'm surprised you even got there to begin with..

The only thing worse than your flying skills apparently are your spelling skills. How the hell did you read the sign to get in??

 

[Timebuilder]

Instead you give him advice on how to explain it in an interview.

Absolutely. Read some accounts of famous aviatiors, and you will find an amazing amount of small incidents where the student pilot walked away, having learned a lesson, and lived to fly another day. While this is less common now that we have 100 years of learning about aviation behind us, there is still enough variation in training to allow for it to happen.

If all pilots took the advice you just gave, there would be far more jobs available right now. Maybe you should call AOPA and ask if they'd like to publish your advice.

 

[paulgray]

Clyde Cessna survived 12 plane crashes, and even Wilbur Wright bit the dust at least once. Imagine what could have happened, and what things would be like for us today if these men quit after their first misfortune.

 

[Snakum]

I don't blame anyone but i sure do wished i was tought a crosswind landing Properly

Just my $.02 ...

Forget the following part of your statement ...

"i sure do wished i was tought a crosswind landing Properly"

... and never say this again, at any time, to anyone. You bent the aircraft up. It's as simple as that. It's not your instructor's fault, it's not the school's fault, it's not the asphalt ... it's YOUR fault. By all accounts, that little statement of yours will get you bounced out of interviews as quick as, or quicker than, anything else way down the road. Further, it makes you look like a spode in front of your fellow pilots. Just drive on from here and take responsibiity for your actions.

An old US Air Captain, who began with Piedmont in the 70s told me "Back then ... you couldn't get on with Piedmont unless you had f@cked up an airplane. I f@cked up two of them, so I was hired right away." )

Minh

 

[Beech1900]

LOL ok Capt. Chief D**KHEAD i'll stay away from airplanes lol. Dude you got some serious mental problems I bet you have'nt set foot in any of those "TYPE RATINGS" you supposably have. Even so, if you do i'll see you in the terminal one day soon to be exact. But since i don't like to brag and like to keep a low profile I just had an interview with Northwest Link and guess what buddy my class date is in March Anyways enough with this jack ass.

The next response: I know its all my fault , I take full responsibility fo what happen. But it could've been prevented if I had better instruction. But after , i got good instruction , great CFI to begin with and now you can throw me anything and i'll make sure that the plane will be safely on the ground and CENTERLINE. But your right i can't say that in an interview and i did'nt. They asked and I told them exactly what happen and how i learned and i'm happy. Again thanks to all for your advices. Fly safely and god bless all.