Originally Posted by
DBono
Freightdogs and frmrbuffdrvr,
many thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions. I think I have a new one.
My logbook was stolen with my flight bag in 1999. My history was
PPL 1986
IFR 1989
CSEL Jul 1991
CMEL Aug 1991
Those dates are all readily verifiable with the FAA.
In early 1999 I had 575TT and 33 ME when the logbook was stolen.
I have probably 50-60% of the receipts proving that time, but not 100%. I had a summary of my times in type, etc, recorded on a spreadsheet, so had a good basis to start my new log book. Re-accomplished all my endorsements (hi perf, complex, TW). Have all my BFRs, etc, since 1999, so a good record with CFI signatures over time since 1999.
Now I'm at
1145 TT
1090 PIC
48 ME
550 XC
105 night
120 IFR (25 actual, 85 hood, 10 sim/AFT)
So I'm within a few months of meeting Pt 135 IFR PIC mins.
Is my lost logbook going to be an issue?
As long as you have a current log book and you certify that it is accurate (including what you had before) then I don't think it will be an issue. If you certify in your current log book that those are correct times and they aren't, that is between you and the feds. We don't go back and check all of your times. We just check that they "make sense" of how much you have in the different categories. Like if your instrument time was 500 hours with your current total, we might question it. But 10% is a reasonable number.