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Record-keeping

Each person shall document the following time in a manner "acceptable to the Administrator":

  • Training and experience used for the requirements of a certificate, rating, or flight review
  • The experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements

Logbook entries shall include:

  • General information
    • Date
    • Total flight time or lesson time
    • Location where the aircraft departed and arrived
      • For lessons in a flight simulator, the location where the lesson occurred
    • Type and identification of aircraft or flight simulator
    • The name of a safety pilot (if required)
  • Type of experience or training
    • Solo
    • Pilot in command
    • Second in command
    • Flight and ground training received from an authorized instructor
    • Training received in a full flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device from an authorized instructor
  • Flight conditions
    • Day or night.
    • Actual instrument.
    • Simulated instrument conditions in flight, or flight simulator

* Night is defined as the period during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise