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Logging multiple Conditions of Flight

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Can one log a flight flown at night under IMC conditions from takeoff to landing as actual instrument and night at same time, or just actual instrument? For example, 2.0 Night and 2.0 Actual Instrument? Total time is only 2 hours.

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  1. Mark Kolber on May 18, 2016

    Yes, you may (some would suggest “must”) log each condition of flight. Night in actual IMC is loggable as both night and actual IMC, Maybe even a cross country too!

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  2. Nascr1Arrival on May 20, 2016

    Just to add to what Mark said, you can\’t log 2.0 of instrument time just because you went through one cloud for 30 seconds. Same thing for taxi time. You spend at least .1 on the ground every flight so that\’s not really instrument but it is night if it\’s at night. Basically you\’ll always have less instrument time than your total flight time. If you go to an interview, and the interviewer looks at your logbook, they\’re going to wonder why you\’ve logged your instrument flights as all instrument. It\’s an integrity thing, and I try to instill that in my students.

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  3. Mark Kolber on May 22, 2016

    Nascr1Arrival, you make a very good point. I hadn’t really noted the total flight time was being included. Yes, the logging of night and actual instrument time is only for the portion of the flight that took place in those conditions.

    The other point that might need to be made is that “under IMC conditions” does not necessarily mean you can log it as instrument time. Remember that if you are flying 300′ below an overcast with clear skies below and for 100 miles in all directions, you are in IMC but may not log any of it as actual instrument time.

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