Mozambique IACM Private Pilot (PPL-A) case studies
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The Private Pilot Licence (Aeroplane), or PPL(A), is the entry-level licence that allows you to fly non-commercially, carrying passengers but not receiving payment for the flight. In Mozambique it is issued by the Instituto de Aviação Civil de Moçambique (IACM), which sets the theoretical examination and the flight-training requirements that sit alongside it. The Mozambique IACM Private Pilot (PPL-A) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,237 words.
1Fuel decision on a Maputo–Inhambane VFR leg
You are flying a Cessna 172S (Lycoming IO-360, 180 hp) from Maputo (FQMA) to Inhambane (FQIN), a planned 250 NM leg. Fuel at engine start is 44 US gal usable.
445 words, about 2 min2Density altitude at Lichinga
You plan a morning departure from Lichinga (FQLG), elevation approximately 4,500 ft AMSL, in a normally aspirated Cessna 172. The aerodrome temperature at 08:00 is 24 °C and the QNH is 1013 hPa.
444 words, about 2 min3Marginal VFR into Beira with a developing cumulus field
You are on a VFR flight from Quelimane to Beira at 3,500 ft, in a Cessna 172, in the late afternoon. The TAF for Beira calls for scattered cloud at 2,500 ft, broken at 4,000 ft, with a TEMPO for showers and broken cloud at 1,200 ft.
491 words, about 2 min4Engine roughness over the Mozambique Channel
You are ferrying a Piper PA-28-181 (Lycoming O-360) from Maputo to Inhambane, 20 NM offshore over the Mozambique Channel at 4,500 ft, in smooth air, with the coast about 15 NM to your left. Fuel is 40 gal usable, you have been airborne 1.2 hours at 10 gal/h.
484 words, about 2 min5Runway selection and crosswind at Nampula
You are on final for runway 05 at Nampula (FQNP) in a Cessna 172, with a reported wind of 120° magnetic at 18 kt gusting 26 kt. The runway is 2,000 m of dry asphalt, elevation 1,440 ft.
373 words, about 2 min