KCAA PPL Exam case studies
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The Private Pilot License (PPL) is one of the flight crew licences administered by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) under its Personnel Licensing function, listed on the KCAA website alongside the Student Pilot License, Commercial Pilot License and Air Transport Pilot Licence. It is aimed at individuals who want to fly privately rather than for hire or reward, and it is the first full pilot licence most candidates in Kenya work toward. The KCAA PPL Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,946 words.
1Cost Sharing, Hire or Reward, and the Private Pilot
You hold a PPL(A) with a valid SEP (land) rating and a Class 2 medical. You hire a Cessna 172N from a Nairobi club on a wet basis at KES 21,000 per hour, with a two-hour minimum charge per flight.
920 words, about 5 min2Alternator Failure Twenty Minutes Out of Nanyuki
You are ferrying a PA-28-181 Archer from Nanyuki to Wilson Airport, day VMC, one person on board, cruising at 7,500 ft. Twenty minutes after departure the alternator warning light illuminates.
942 words, about 5 min3Wilson Departure: Weight, Density Altitude and the 50-ft Point
You are to fly a Cessna 172S from Wilson Airport (elevation 5,546 ft; runway 07, 1,524 m, asphalt, dry, 0.5% upslope) to Nanyuki, departing at 10:00. OAT is 26 C, QNH 1022 hPa, wind 090/05.
1,015 words, about 5 min4A 05:30 Departure with a Head Cold
You are a 34-year-old PPL with 210 hours, planning Wilson to Lamu (about 250 nm, 2.5 hours) with two passengers, departing at 05:30 to arrive before the afternoon heat. For four days you have had a head cold.
980 words, about 5 min5A Line of Cumulonimbus on the Diani Track
You are planning a VFR flight from Wilson to Ukunda: 240 nm, track 135 degrees magnetic, TAS 110 kt, in a C172 with 110 L usable fuel and a cruise burn of 34 L/h. Planned departure 10:00 local (07:00Z).
1,089 words, about 5 min