Rental aircraft logs

You are responsible if you accept an unairworthy airplane and go flying
(91.7). Chances of getting caught, absent an accident or incident, are
minimal....but you are still holding the bag. Most FBOs will look at you
like you are crazy if you ask to see the logs, but it is your prerogative.

Bob Gardner

"Chris Gumm" wrote in message
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I hope I'm not the only one guilty of this, but do any of you that rent
aircraft ever look at the logs? I have never looked at ant log for an
aircraft I rented, it wasn't even brought up in my training. Well actually
it was only mentioned while I was doing training. I recently found out
that
the current aircraft I rent crashed a few years back.

Here's my take on the rental worthiness thing. See what you think.

The FBO where I rent keeps a log in the plane, along with the HOBBS log,
that lists when all the annual inspections are due, when the VORs were
checked last and a list to write up problems with the plane and the
corrective actions taken to fix the write ups. Also, when I go to the
counter I ask, "Is the plane airworthy, legal and safe to fly?" They say
yes and I'm good to go. Along with a good pre-flight I figure I've done a
responsible job in determining whether the aircraft is safe for flight

Even if I looked at the actual logs there's no why to tell that they are
accurate or the A&Ps actually did any of the work in the logs.

But, if I went to a new FBO, I would ask to see the logs. Just to see their
reaction. If I got any heat about it, I probably would not rent there. If
they said "no problem" I'd feel OK.