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Okay. I knew this question would be asked. So bare with me. The aircraft impacted the ground around 12:30am. Emergency first responders didn't get to us until 4am. The rest is in my story.

After the accident, I went through some intensive physical therapy and had a lot of survival guilt. To this day, I still do. I relive the experience so vividly everyday. I witnessed a grown man cry for help. In a very disfigured position in the aircraft. And yet I was totally helpless. All the muscles in my back were torn. Every ligament in my spine was destroyed from the impact. His cries for help still haunt my dreams. The more I tried, the more I realized how helpless I was to rescuing him.

Flying is still the safest form of travel? Learn from a pilot's perspective. Understand aviation. You learn how flight is truly an amazing gift.

The POH stated 3.6 GPH. It also stated it had 14.5 usable fuel. That's nearly 4 hours of flight time. BUT Pipistrel, the manufacturer falsified data in their POH on the fuel tank capacity. The NTSB reported this information. The fuel tank was actually 12.7 usable which would make the difference. Our planning for that last leg should have been shorter but we were using the wrong fuel tank size so our calculations actually put us at our destination.

Don't take life as we know it, for granted. It can be over in a blink of an eye. So live it to your fullest. I have returned to flying because it is still my passion but I have a totally different outlook on life now. I don't live in fear of death because I have seen it.