Medical Question

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   Bill Trussell on Nov 19, 2015

   Cameron, your concern about the medical certificate issuance process is well founded and should be taken seriously. While few on this board are qualified to speak specifically about your situation based on what you have indicated, I would recommend you see the information on the following FAA page first, then perhaps consult the manual referenced at the bottom of the page, or consult with your Aviation Medical Examiner with some specifics about your situation.

   https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/medical_certification/faq/response6/

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   Cameron J Rhodes on Nov 19, 2015

   Well it isn’t a physical thing, I’m physically fine, it was more of a mental thing for a short period of time. I can’t recall if I was diagnosed with anything, but they let me go that night, and they didn’t prescribe me anything.

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   Mark Kolber on Nov 19, 2015

   Cameron, your question cannot be answered with any reliability without specifics – specifics you should not be discussing on a public website! Whether it is reportable or not to begin with depends on a number of questions, including whether the event or the diagnosis is one of those that requires a “yes” answer to the “Have you ever in your life…” questions on the medical and, if not when the hospital visit took place.

   It’s really something you should be discussing with a professional. AOPA and some other organizations have consulting available for their members; there are organizations that specialize on helping pilots answer those questions; there are online forums (including AOPA’s) where one can ask medical questions anonymously (assuming you believe anything is really anonymous enough on the Internet) and one can sometimes consult with an AME – with no application pending – about the question.

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   John D Collins on Nov 19, 2015

   Cameron, give Dr Chien a call and ask his advice. He is a senior AME and handles difficult cases. He usually will take calls or email him. Tell him I suggested you call. He is a great resource.

   http://flightphysical.com/dr-chien-dirksen-pkwy

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   Kris Kortokrax on Nov 19, 2015

   So, let’s see. Your medical certificate was issued in June, 2015 (Yes, your pilot record is a public record which can be viewed by anyone on http://www.faa.gov).

   Now, in November, you decided to review the medical application and discovered that you “overlooked” a question. It is much more likely that you knew about the question in June and chose not to answer it correctly. The application does ask about hospital visits.

   You go on to say that nothing happened, but you then say that you saw someone for 2 or 3 months. That doesn’t sound like nothing happening. You further state that it (whatever it is) doesn’t affect (not effect) you daily. That implies that “it” might still affect you, although not on a daily basis.

   Yes, if this is discovered by the FAA, you will be in trouble. You have falsified an application. When you study regulations, you will come across 14 CFR 61.59. The penalty for falsifying an application is revocation. That means the FAA will take away any certificate (medical, pilot, flight instructor, mechanic, etc.) that you hold. You will then need to reapply for each one and take the knowledge and practical tests to regain them.

   Is anyone so naive as to believe that someone somwhere who works for the FAA might not read public pilot forums and the questions posed on them? The FAA may very well already know about this through your admission here.

   Your best course of action is to correct this now. Talk to someone at AOPA for advice on how to go about it. It will likely result in revocation of your student pilot/medical certificate. After a year you would be able to reapply and resume your training.

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   Kris Kortokrax on Nov 20, 2015

   Cameron,

   I forgot to mention the statement that appears at the bottom of the Medical Application near your signature.

   “NOTICE Whoever in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme or device a material fact or who makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or entry, may be fined up to $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both. (18 U.S. Code Secs. 1001; 3571).”

   When you couple revocation with the possibility for monetary or prison penalties, you can see that the FAA is really serious about truthfulness on applications. Since they depend on the honesty of applicants providing information to be used during certification activities, they don’t like it when people provide false information.

   As I said before, you need to fix this now, rather than proceed with training, accumulate more certificates and have them all revoked when this is discovered.

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   Kris Kortokrax on Nov 21, 2015

   Cameron,

   One last comment. There may be those who might advise you that you are OK if you had not been admitted to the hospital.

   Bear in mind that on the application you are asked to list visits to health professionals in the last 3 years. Even though you might not have been admitted to the hospital (I thought you said you stayed overnight, but can’t say for sure since you removed the text of your question), the people you saw at the hospital and the individual you saw for 2 or 3 months was undoubtedly a health professional and would need to be reported.

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