Originally Posted by
quinny89
i doubt highly they'd notice the xcountry mistake, but if you want to stay 'completely' legal, in the old logbook, write two new lines, one adding the checkride flight time, and one subtracting the xcountry time and just put an explanation for both in the notes section.
Correct. This corrects the discrepancy and documents the when and why, which should avoid any confusion or suspicion of falsification. It's also a lot easier than changing the original entry and re-adding all the totals on every page.