KCAA IR Theory study plan

Map the KCARS instrument and IFR-related Parts (licensing, operations, airspace) and write a one-page cross-reference from each regulation to the operational procedure it governs.

Practise decoding 15 IFR clearances (SID, route, STAR, approach) by writing the readback for each and listing the required navigation performance for each segment.

Reconstruct the standard instrument departure and approach procedure design criteria (obstacle clearance, segment lengths, gradients) into a single annotated diagram of your own drafting.

Compare Kenyan airspace classes and IFR separation minima against ICAO Annex 2 and Annex 11 provisions, noting differences in a two-column table.

Sequence the phases of an IFR flight (pre-flight, departure, en route, arrival, approach, missed approach) and state the pilot action and regulatory basis for each transition.

Calculate holding pattern entries and timing for 10 given inbound tracks, winds and altitudes, showing the entry type for each.

Explain the privileges, validity and recency requirements of the instrument rating under Kenyan licensing rules and list the documentation required on board.

Draft a personal checklist of the five most common IFR procedural errors and the mitigation for each.

Build a full IFR flight plan for a 300 nm cross-country, including fuel computation, alternate selection and ETA derivation, and justify each figure used.

Compute true altitude, pressure altitude and density altitude for 10 airport scenarios and state the effect of each error on the flight plan.

Derive wind triangle solutions for 12 legs, converting between true, magnetic and compass headings using the published variation and deviation.

Explain the principles of VOR, DME, ILS and GNSS and describe the failure modes and monitoring actions for each.

Interpret a route chart and identify the minimum en-route altitudes, changeover points and required navigation performance for each segment.

Solve 20 radio navigation problems covering VOR radials, DME slant range, ILS glideslope geometry and RNAV waypoint sequencing, showing the working for each.

Explain how GNSS augmentation and receiver autonomous integrity monitoring affect approach minima, and state the action required on a loss of integrity.

Recalculate the week 3 flight plan after injecting a 40 kt headwind and a 30-minute holding delay, and state the revised fuel and alternate decision.

Describe in-flight monitoring practice: how to detect a 5-degree tracking error, a fuel discrepancy and a late ETA, and the corrective action for each.

Draw and label the pitot-static and gyroscopic instrument systems from memory, naming each component and its failure indication.

Explain the causes, indications and pilot responses for 8 instrument failure modes, including pitot blockage, static blockage, gyro failure and altimeter mis-setting.

Interpret 12 METAR and TAF reports, decoding every group and stating the operational significance of each trend.

Read 6 significant weather and wind and temperature charts and derive the hazards relevant to an IFR flight at a stated level.

Describe the formation of icing, turbulence, thunderstorms and low-level wind shear, and state the avoidance and escape technique for each.

Compute crosswind, headwind and tailwind components for 10 runway and wind combinations and state the personal and aircraft limits for each.

Derive freezing level, cloud base and visibility estimates from 8 temperature and dewpoint data sets and state the resulting IFR decision.

Explain the errors and limitations of the altimeter, airspeed indicator and attitude indicator in non-standard pressure, temperature and dynamic conditions.

Interpret 6 SIGMET and AIRMET style advisories and write the in-flight decision each would trigger.

Explain the sensory illusions encountered in IMC (somatogravic, somatogyral, vestibular and visual) and the instrument cross-check technique that counters each.

Describe hypoxia, hyperventilation, carbon dioxide retention and decompression, including recognition, time of useful consciousness and corrective action.

State the fatigue, circadian and workload factors affecting instrument flight and apply a personal fatigue risk management plan to a night IFR sortie.

Relate the human performance requirements and duty limitations in Kenyan operations regulations to a sample 4-day roster.

Assess a case study of an IFR accident and identify the human factors chain and the regulatory and procedural barriers that failed.

Sit two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and record the score by domain for each.

Re-study the two weakest domains identified by the mock results and rewrite the notes for those domains from memory.

Recite the key regulatory figures (validity periods, minima, fuel reserves, duty limits) from memory without reference.

Review the error log from weeks 1 to 7 and confirm that every previously wrong item can now be answered correctly with a stated reason.