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Logging Time question

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I’m flying a King Air E90 at a skydiving DZ, right seat.  I am a CMEL IR pilot with high performance and high altitude endorsements, and can legally fly the plane solo, and have flown the same plane PIC at a previous job.  At the DZ I sit right seat, run radios, checklists, scan for traffic, etc.  how do I log this time?  Just total time? SIC?  The aircraft is not required to have a second crew member so I’m confused on the reg regarding SIC time.  Thanks in advance.  

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Jun 10, 2025

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    (f)(1) Is more than one pilot required by the type certificate? No.
    (f)(2) Is more than one pilot required by the type certificate? No. Is more than one pilot required for sky diving operations? No.
    (f)(3) Is the flight being conducted IAW 135.99(c) (a PDP SIC program)? No.
    (f)(4) Is the flight being conducted as a public aircraft operation? No. (Public aircraft operations are defined in Part 1)

    So, the answer is that you cannot log SIC time while performing the operation you describe. I’m not sure what justification you would use for logging total time.

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