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X-country while getting multi

Asked by: 1967 views FAA Regulations, Instrument Rating

Hi - I’m working on my instrument rating and calculating all my x-country time to count towards the 50 hour requirement. I recently got my multi engine rating and got some x-country hours during that training. 

Can I count those hours even though technically I wasn’t rated for that class while I was training for it?

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  1. Mark Kolber on May 10, 2019

    From the reg, the requirement is “50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command.”

    As far as I can tell, 61.51, the universal logging rule, requires one to be rated fir the aircraft in order to log PIC as the sole manipulator and you were not rated. The only way for a non-rated pilot to log PIC is when solo – not “performing the duties” with an instructor on board, but really solo – the only living human being on board,

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  2. David R on May 10, 2019

    Thank you for the response – i wasn’t sure about how the PIC would be counted here so this is helpful.

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