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Forgot to log hours in logbook

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I was checking through my rental history and noticed I forgot to add in my cross country hours in my logbook which was about last month, and its already filled two pages ahead. I was wondering how I should go about adding it to the logbook? Do I just put it on the next line or is there a formal way to do this, to meet the FAA standard?

I was thinking to log the hours on the next line, maybe with a printed statement or rental history that is logged electronically, stapled on that same page.

 

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    Mark Kolber on Sep 15, 2016

    I don’t know of any formal, official way of “inserting” missed flight into a logbook. I also think it happens with some regularity. Looking back very briefly at my old paper logbook, I was able to easily find one – an entry from the 11th of a month after an entry on the 16th of the same month. In the left margin appears three words “out of order.”

    I think the main goal is to do so in a way that does not raise red flags. I think the way you came up with accomplishes that goal. I’m not sure you need to go so far as to attach a copy of the rental record, although I can certainly empathize with your desire to retain a copy in the case questions are raised, at least until the next checkride.

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  2. Pilot091516 on Sep 15, 2016

    Thanks for your answer, Mark! Your answer is helpful and it’s good to know what other pilots do to make the correction.

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  3. Russ Roslewski on Sep 15, 2016

    Mark’s answer is almost just what I came here to say, but wasn’t quick enough.

    I would go on to say that anybody who has more than a few pages of logbook entries undoubtedly has errors, out-of-order entries, things crossed out, etc. So having two entries out of order shouldn’t even raise a question.

    I also wouldn’t go to the bother of the printed statement or rental history or anything else. I’d just enter it like any other entry, I wouldn’t even asterisk it or make any special comments. It’s obvious it’s out of order, and it’s probably not going to be the last time. And actually, when you think of it, the whole logbook is on an “honor system” anyway, isn’t it? There is no possible way I could “prove” the vast majority of my flights to anyone if questioned, regardless of whether they’re in the right order or not.

    So, I say don’t worry about it, don’t do anything special, and it will never be noticed again.

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  4. Mark Kolber on Sep 18, 2016

    Russ, the “special comment” was for me, not “them”. In my paper logbook days it was just a way to avoid using an out of order entry incorrectly to calculate currency. For example, I didn’t want to accidentally use a 100 day old landing to calculate 90 day passenger currency.

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