"Jim Logajan" wrote :
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote:

The logbook is your personal document. It becomes a legal document
only when you submit it for inspection by the FAA for a checkride or
ramp check.

You do not have to show your logbook to the FAA at a ramp check.

Some of the legal advice I've found says that if you have it with you then
you have to show it if asked. Here's a couple links that say that:

http://www.aerolegalservices.com/Art...ampCheck.shtml

The article says that the FAA may ask to see it, not that you have to show it.
It also advises, wisely, that you not carry your logbook in the airplane.

http://www.avweb.com/news/avlaw/181897-1.html

Can't read this one; I lost my AvWeb pw a long time ago.

Anyway, the logbook is not one of the items a private pilot is required to
submit to a ramp check.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM