---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.189"
title: "14"
number: "61.189"
heading: "Flight instructor records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.189"
---

# §61.189. Flight instructor records.

- (a) A flight instructor must sign the logbook of each person to whom that instructor has given flight training or ground training.
- (b) A flight instructor must maintain a record in a logbook or a separate document that contains the following:
  - (1) The name of each person whose logbook that instructor has endorsed for solo flight privileges, and the date of the endorsement; and
  - (2) The name of each person that instructor has endorsed for a knowledge test or practical test, and the record shall also indicate the kind of test, the date, and the results.
- (c) Each flight instructor must retain the records required by this section for at least 3 years.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Docket FAA-2010-1127, Amdt. 61-135, 81 FR 1306, Jan. 12, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, as amended by Docket FAA-2010-1127, Amdt. 61-135, 81 FR 1306, Jan. 12, 2016]