Responsibility after giving a BFR

[FL350]

Recently gave a BFR to a pilot who has been flying privately for about 15 years. He flies fairly often and the BFR was relatively short.

Subsequently while taxiing at night in IFR conditions he ran into a taxiway light. The light was damaged, ops had to clear the debris, and took his information.

Anything to worry about on my end?

 

[drunkenbeagle]

Anything to worry about on my end?

Probably not. You did cover not hitting taxi lights in the lesson, right?

I think the airport manager has learned not to replace taxi lights near our section of the ramp, as they get knocked over so often...

 

[FL350]

We went out at night, and I did point out how to find the center line of the taxi way. Which should keep him from hitting the lights lol.

I'll have to add that to the next BFR.

 

[nosehair]

Taxing in IFR conditions..? whatsat mean?

 

[drunkenbeagle]

Taxing in IFR conditions..? whatsat mean?

Movement after getting a release?

 

[banjo]

I gave a bfr to a guy in a Super Cub and he totaled it a few months later. Never heard a thing.

 

[mshunter]

Had a guy I did a Flight Review for go out and run an airplane out of gas about two months after I gave him his flight review. Never heard a peep from the feds. I would suspect that a runway light/taxiway light wouldn't generate even as much as a fart in the winds chance of your name being mentioned.

 

[nosehair]

Movement after getting a release?

Probably, but I was hoping for something like, "taxiing in fog so thick I couldn't see my wingtip lights"...

 

[sounddoc]

If it wasn't an IPC then why worry? Assuming IFR conditions existed and he is IFR current and fog was the contributing factor to the incident. Been a while but a BFR is a vfr event / endorsement?

 

[Maurus]

Attorneys in many cases are worse than the feds when it comes to aircraft incidents and accidents.