PLT OF TRAINING FLT EXCEEDS 100 HR INSPECTION TIME.

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ON THE EVENING OF SEP/XX/95; I FLEW A C152 TRAINING ACFT BEYOND THE 100 HR MAINT LIMIT. MY OBVIOUS MISTAKE WAS THAT I DID NOT EVEN CHK TO SEE HOW MUCH TIME WAS LEFT ON THE ACFT BEFORE THIS INSPECTION WAS DUE. I HAD SET A GOAL OF GETTING MY INST LICENSE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN FOR THE FALL QUARTER. WELL; SCHOOL STARTED AGAIN ON SEP/YY/95. THE ONLY THING I NEEDED TO GET MY INST RATING WAS XCOUNTRY TIME. THE ONLY THING ON MY MIND WAS GETTING THE NEEDED XCOUNTRY TIME BEFORE SEP/YY/95; OR AT LEAST ASAP. IF I DID HAVE TO MISS MY GOAL; I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS IT BY MORE THAN A FEW DAYS. THERE WAS NOT THE USUAL LOOK OVER THE SHOULDER OF A NEARBY FLT INSTRUCTOR OR CHIEF PLT. BUT THAT DIDN'T BOTHER ME. I KNEW HOW TO DO A NIGHT XCOUNTRY. WHAT I WAS NOT IN THE HABIT OF DOING; THOUGH; WAS TO ALWAYS CHK THE TIME REMAINING BEFORE A 100 HR INSPECTION WAS DUE. UP UNTIL THIS TIME I HAD ALWAYS BEEN LUCKY IN SPITE OF THIS; AND HAD ALWAYS TAKEN AN ACFT THAT HAD NOT BEEN DUE DURING THE TIME I FLEW IT. I FLEW THIS SAME ACFT ON THE MORNING OF SEP/XX/95 FOR 1.7 HRS; WHICH WAS A TOTALLY LEGAL FLT. WHEN I TOOK OFF ON THE EVENING OF SEP/XX/95 THE ACFT STILL HAD ABOUT 2 HRS BEFORE THE 100 HR WAS DUE. THE 100 HR BECAME DUE DURING THE FLT; BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. WHEN I LANDED BACK IN FARGO; AT THE END OF THE XCOUNTRY; I HAD OVERFLOWN THE 100 HR BY 3.2 HRS. THIS HAD BEEN A 5.2 HR FLT FROM FAR- BIS-ABR-FAR. MY FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF HAVING OVERFLOWN THE 100 HR WAS THE EVENING OF SEP/YY/95. MY FLT INSTRUCTOR CALLED DURING THE DAY AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR ME TO CALL HIM BACK WHEN I GOT HOME. I DID SO THAT EVENING AND HE TOLD ME WHAT I HAD DONE; AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I DO REGRET HAVING BROKEN AN FAR. BECAUSE I HAVE BROKEN AN FAR; AND BECAUSE I WAS CAUGHT; I HAVE HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND THINK ABOUT MY ACTIONS; AND RECEIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FROM MY FLT INSTRUCTOR; AND THE CHIEF PLT OF THE SCHOOL. I HAVE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE OTHER MORE IMPORTANT THINGS RELATED TO FLYING THAN JUST ACHIEVING MY OWN GOALS; HOWEVER NOBLE THEY MAY BE.