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Can I log PIC time when my medical is not valid or my flight review has lapsed?

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As the title suggests, my question is can I log PIC time when my medical is not valid or when I'm beyond my 24 months for my flight review?  In both cases, I'm obviously flying with an instructor, in the former case, waiting for my special issuance from Ok City, in the former case, I was taking a flight review.  In both cases, the instructor flying with me said the I couldn't log PIC time, but I was sole manipulator of the controls for both flights (the former was actually an IPC so that I'll be instrument current when my special issuance arrives in the mail, expected any day now), so I believe I should have been able to log the time as PIC, but I can sort of understand how the interpretation could go the other way.

---Jim

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Apr 14, 2016

    Your instructor is wrong. 61.51 (e) deals with logging PIC time. If you are manipulating the controls of an aircraft for which you are rated, you may log PIC time.

    It is your logbook. Your CFI can log the dual time he gave you and sign the book. You may fill in the PIC column in your own logbook.

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