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Logging Night Time

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I went for a flight in the evening, the sun was still above the horizon when I took off, with some light. Then by the time I went back and landed the sun was below the horizon with very little light remaining. And I understand night is between the beginning of evening civil twilight and morning twilight. Would I log this as Day, Night, or both?

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  1. John D Collins on Jul 12, 2016

    Maybe both. If you had flight time after local civil twilight time, it would be night time. Typically, this is roughly a half hour after sunset. You can’t act as PIC carrying passengers unless you have accomplished 3 takeoffs and landing during the time at least an hour after sunset to an hour before sunrise. So if you arrive with passengers after sunset and after civil twilight ends, but before an hour after sunset, the landing is legal, regardless if you are night current or not. and any such landing may not be counted for purposes of night currency. Logging night is not the issue.

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