Level D sim question

[MaxQ]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but you CAN log landings if they are done in a Level D sim.

So in your logbook you would log time in a Level D sim in the "Simulator" column and any landings you did and that's all. Is this right???

Thanks!

 

[maddog805]

....approaches and instrument time if you want

 

[dav8or]

How about crashes?

 

[MaxQ]

Thanks maddog.

So I can log landings, approaches, and instrument time in addition to the time in the "sim" column.

Got it!

 

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

I've never logged my landings in a level D sim. FlightSafety's CRJ-200 sims don't land very realistically. In the sim all you do is pull the nose up a little and walla, a perfect landing every time. If you do that in the real airplane you either float 3000 feet or slam it on real hard. That's what aircraft training and IOE is for, to get the real feel for landings. About legalities of logging them I don't know.

 

[F70pilot]

I believe you can log evrything in a level D sim with the exception of cross country time.

I have been know to be wrong however.

 

[getonit]

I also don't have anything to add that I know is fact, but that hasn't stopped me before. I was told you can count the instrument approaches for currency but you could only count the T/O and landings for currency purposes if they were done for certification purposes, ie a type ride, ATP etc. This is one of the questions you will get 50 different answers. Personally I wouldn't log it at all, what difference is 10-15 hours going to make?

 

[vclean]

I probably have over 150 hours of -D sim, none of it logged in my logbook, just in company records. The only column -D time is recorded is under simulator. You cannot log sim (-D or not), as flight, multiengine, cross country, night, or total time, contrary to what others have said.

 

[MaxQ]

I understand that the only time column that level D sim time can go in is the "SIMULATOR" column in my logbook.

But as I understand it, it is completely legal to log the landings and approaches... but not IMC time.

Correct???

Man, this is clear as mud!

 

[CRJ puppy]

Correct.

 

[styxshaker]

yes