NAPPF
Sport Pilot
Pilot Logbooks
61.51
(a) Training time and aeronautical experience. Each person must document and
record the following time in a manner acceptable to the Administrator:
(1) Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the
requirements for a certificate, rating, or flight review of this part.
(2) The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent
flight experience requirements of this part.
(b) Logbook entries. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph
(a) of this section, each person must enter the following information for each
flight or lesson logged:
(1) General -
(i) Date.
(ii) Total flight time or lesson time.
(iii) Location where the aircraft departed and arrived,
or for lessons in a flight simulator or flight training device, the location
where the
lesson occurred.
(iv) Type and identification of aircraft, flight
simulator, or flight training device, as appropriate.
(v) Omitted
(2) Type of pilot experience or training -
(i) Solo.
(ii) Pilot in command.
(iii) Omitted
(iv) Flight and ground training received from an
authorized instructor.
(v) Training received in a flight simulator or flight
training device from an authorized instructor.
(3) Conditions of flight -
(i) Day or night.
(ii) Omitted
(iii) Simulated instrument conditions in flight, a
flight simulator, or a flight training device.
(4) {does not exist - Ed.}
(c) Logging of pilot time. The pilot time described in this section may be used
to:
(1) Apply for a certificate or rating issued under this part or a
privilege authorized under this part; or
(2) Satisfy the recent flight experience requirements of this part.
(d) Logging of solo flight time. Except for a student pilot performing the
duties of pilot in command of an airship requiring more than one pilot flight
crewmember, a pilot may log as solo flight time only that flight time when the
pilot is the sole occupant of the aircraft.
(e) Logging pilot-in-command flight time.
(1) A sport,
recreational, private, or commercial pilot may log pilot-in-command time only
for that flight time during which that person–
(i) Is the sole manipulator of the controls of an
aircraft for which the pilot is rated or has privileges;
(ii) Is the sole occupant of the aircraft; or
(iii) Except for a recreational pilot, is acting as
pilot in command of an aircraft on which more than one pilot is required under
the type
certification of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is
conducted.
(2) Omitted
(3) An authorized instructor may log as pilot-in-command time all
flight time while acting as an authorized instructor.
(4) A student pilot may log pilot-in-command time only when the
student pilot -
(i) Omitted
(ii) Has a current solo flight endorsement as required
under § 61.87 of this part; and
(iii) Is undergoing training for a pilot certificate or
rating.
(f) Logging second-in-command flight time. Omitted
(g) Logging instrument flight time. Omitted
(h) Logging training time.
(1) A person
may log training time when that person receives training from an authorized
instructor in an aircraft, flight simulator, or flight
training device.
(2) The training time must be logged in a logbook and must:
(i) Be endorsed in a legible manner by the authorized
instructor; and
(ii) Include a description of the training given, the
length of the training lesson, and the authorized instructor's signature,
certificate
number, and certificate expiration date.
(i) Presentation of required documents.
(1) Persons must present their pilot certificate, medical
certificate, logbook, or any other record required by this part for inspection
upon a
reasonable request by -
(i) The Administrator;
(ii) An authorized representative from the National
Transportation Safety Board; or
(iii) Any Federal, State, or local law enforcement
officer.
(2) A student pilot must carry the following items in the aircraft
on all solo cross-country flights as evidence of the required authorized
instructor
clearances and endorsements -
(i) Pilot logbook;
(ii) Student pilot certificate; and
(iii) Any other record required by this section.
(3) A recreational pilot must carry his or her logbook with the
required authorized instructor endorsements on all solo flights -
(i) That exceed 50 nautical miles from the airport at
which training was received;
(ii) Within airspace that requires communication with
air traffic control;
(iii) Conducted between sunset and sunrise; or
(iv) In an aircraft for which the pilot does not hold an
appropriate category or class rating.
(4) A sport pilot must carry his or her logbook or other evidence
of required authorized instructor endorsements on all flights.
(5) A flight instructor with a sport pilot rating must carry his or
her logbook or other evidence of required authorized instructor endorsements on
all flights when providing flight training.
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