FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATM)Regulations (14 CFR 117/121/61)Medium
A commercial pilot completes a cross-country flight in a single-engine airplane and wants the flight to count toward currency requirements. Under 14 CFR 61.51(b), which items must be recorded in the logbook entry for that flight?
- AAircraft registration number and the names of all crewmembers only
- BFuel burned, weather conditions, and passenger names
- COnly the total flight time and the pilot's signature
- DDate, total flight time, departure and arrival points, and type and identification of aircraft
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: D. Date, total flight time, departure and arrival points, and type and identification of aircraft
14 CFR 61.51(b) requires each logbook entry to include the date, total flight time, departure and arrival points, and the type and identification of the aircraft, along with the kind of pilot experience and conditions of flight relevant to the certificate/rating sought.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Departure/arrival points and total time are required and missing here
- B. Fuel burned and passenger names are not required logbook entries under 61.51
- C. Far too incomplete; multiple required data elements are missing
Logbook Entry Requirements (61.51)
Pilots must record specific flight information for each flight logged, including date, aircraft data, flight time, and route.
- Required for certificate, rating, or currency purposes
- Must include type/ID of aircraft and departure/arrival points
- Also includes conditions of flight such as day/night/instrument
Memory trick: Date, Distance points, Duration, and Designation of aircraft—the 4 D's.