Logged wrong a/c type in student's logbook

FL350

FL350

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It may be a relatively small difference or insignificant, so I'm not sure what to do about it. I realized I have been logging a PA28-160 as a "PA28-151" in a student's book.

The airplane had an engine change, which changed it to a -160. I forgot about this change. Should I make any corrections, or..?
 
Unless someone took a magic marker to the data plate and airworthiness, etc, it is still a -151 (or whatever it came from the factory as). Never mind that sort of detail doesn't really matter in the logbook.
 
FL350 said:
It may be a relatively small difference or insignificant, so I'm not sure what to do about it. I realized I have been logging a PA28-160 as a "PA28-151" in a student's book.

The airplane had an engine change, which changed it to a -160. I forgot about this change. Should I make any corrections, or..?
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The 1 in 151 is because of the wings, not the engine, so it should be a pa28-161 ;)
Not that it matters. A Cherokee is a Cherokee.
 
I logged all my PA-28 warrior/cadet/Cherokee/archer time as a "PA-28." Only change was adding the "R" once I got into the Arrow.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
According to who? Just because you file with that, doesn't mean you have to put that in your logbook.
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According to me, and I didn't say you had to just that you should... there is really no practical difference between a Cherokee with an O-320 and one with high compression pistons. Most likely you'll want to know your P28A time, and for any purpose such as insurance, you'll use an electronic logbook and want the summaries for the PA-28 to include all of them, unless it's an Arrow (retract) or a Dakota (high perf).
 
Need to throw it away and rewrite all the entries. If you show your student it's ok to do things improperly just think of what he/she might do in the airplane. At least that is what the FSDO told me.
 
@shdw I told the student the FAA would never understand her dilemma, and if she tried to use the time towards a rating it would be illegal. I recommended burning the logbook, but the EPA wouldn't like that. And in response to re-writing the book; that means I'd have to back date things.. and that'd be illegal. So she is giving up aviation while she is ahead. ;)
 
FL350 said:
@shdw I told the student the FAA would never understand her dilemma, and if she tried to use the time towards a rating it would be illegal. I recommended burning the logbook, but the EPA wouldn't like that. And in response to re-writing the book; that means I'd have to back date things.. and that'd be illegal. So she is giving up aviation while she is ahead. ;)
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Sounds like the local women in aviation chapter isn't going to be too pleased with you...
 
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