Any time you feel that you may have been in breach of the FAA regulations, whether the offense resulted in an emergency situation or not, your first reaction may be to try to keep the incident as quiet as possible. But that is not your best course of action. Your best defense is to confess to your deviation and file a report through the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). Filing such a report provides immunity from civil penalties and certificate action in most cases.
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