NCAA CPL Flight Performance & Planning case studies
NCAA CPL Flight Performance & Planning · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Flight Performance and Planning is the subject area of the NCAA Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) theoretical examinations that tests whether you can operate an aeroplane legally, safely and economically on paper before you do it in the air. It is aimed at student commercial pilots who have completed private pilot training and are preparing for the CPL ground examinations, and it rewards candidates who can work methodically through numerical problems rather than recall facts. The NCAA CPL Flight Performance & Planning case studies are 5 cases and about 3,506 words.
1Aft CG on a Loaded Twin Turboprop
You are preparing a load sheet for a twin turboprop departing on a 55-minute sector. Fuel is 550 kg at an arm of 4.30 m; it is already the minimum planned (trip, alternate and final reserve), so none can be removed.
702 words, about 4 min2Hot, High and Uphill: Take-Off Performance Judgement
Runway 08 at an airfield 1,200 ft AMSL: TORA, TODA and ASDA are all 1,700 m, dry, with a 1.0% uphill slope in the take-off direction. QNH 1008 hPa, OAT 32 °C, wind 080/12 kt.
758 words, about 4 min3In-Flight Monitoring: Late Arrival Against a Slot and a Thin Fuel Margin
You depart A at 09:10 for B, 850 NM away, flight-planned at 425 kt ground speed with an ETA of 11:10 and cruise fuel flow of 1,050 kg/h. B has a landing slot that expires at 11:15; ATC has warned that aircraft arriving after the slot should expect 20 minutes of holding.
692 words, about 3 min4Fuel Planning Against MTOW: Contingency Is Not a Fuel Tank
You are planning a 2 h 05 min sector at a cruise flow of 600 kg/h. The operator's approved fuel scheme requires 5% contingency on trip fuel.
633 words, about 3 min5Holding Fuel, Minimum Fuel and MAYDAY FUEL
At 12:40 you enter the hold at the destination with 1,150 kg of usable fuel. Flow in the hold and in the diversion is 620 kg/h.
721 words, about 4 min