GCAA Ghana AME Exam case studies
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The GCAA Ghana AME Licence Examination is the basic-knowledge assessment set by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority for people seeking an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer licence - the certification that allows an engineer to certify maintenance work on civil aircraft under Ghanaian oversight. Candidates are typically aircraft maintenance technicians who already have hands-on experience and now need to convert it into a licence, together with trainees working through an approved maintenance training course. The GCAA Ghana AME Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,791 words.
1Torque Wrench Used With an In-Line Extension
A line-maintenance task requires the four mounting bolts of a hydraulic pump to be torqued to 90 N·m. Access is restricted, so the calibrated torque wrench must be used with a rigid in-line extension.
694 words, about 3 min2Landing Light Dimming - Locating a High-Resistance Joint
A 28 V DC bus supplies a 250 W landing light through a single-conductor cable. The run from the bus to the lamp is 12 m, and the return path through the structure has the same resistance, 0.0026 Ω per metre per conductor.
757 words, about 4 min3EFIS Attitude Disagreement on the Ground
An aircraft is parked on a surveyed, level stand. Both IRS units have been aligned and their present-position data agree to within 0.01 NM.
802 words, about 4 min4Hard-Chrome Score on a High-Strength Steel Strut Piston
During a C-check, a score 0.002 in deep and 0.75 in long is found in the chromium-plated bore of a 4340 steel landing-gear shock strut piston. The repair manual permits blending out surface defects provided the blend is a smooth taper of not less than 20:1 (length to depth), the part is subsequently re-plated and baked, and no more than 0.010 in of base metal is removed.
763 words, about 4 min5EGT Trend Step Change on a Turbofan
A turbofan engine's takeoff EGT, always recorded at the same N1 and the same thrust setting, has risen steadily by about 6 °C per 100 flight hours since new. The redline is 890 °C.
775 words, about 4 min