CAA NZ CPL Air Law case studies
CAA NZ CPL Air Law · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The CAA NZ Commercial Pilot Licence Air Law examination is a written paper set by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand for pilots working toward a CPL under Part 61 of the Civil Aviation Rules. It tests the legal knowledge a commercial pilot is expected to apply without hesitation: the Civil Aviation Act and how rules are made, the general operating rules in the CARs, licensing privileges and limitations, airworthiness and maintenance obligations, airspace and flight-planning rules, ATC clearances and communications, aerodrome and ground operations, accident and incident notification, and the rules of the air including right-of-way. The CAA NZ CPL Air Law case studies are 5 cases and about 4,425 words.
1Fog at the Zone Boundary: Accept Special VFR or Turn Back?
You hold a CPL(A) with a current Class 1 medical and are flying a privately hired Cessna 172 - VFR-equipped, serviceable ADS-B Out transponder - from Hamilton to Tauranga with one passenger. The 172 burns about 34 litres an hour; you departed with 60 litres usable and have been airborne 40 minutes.
908 words, about 5 min2Cracked Heat Exchanger at an Outstation
You are the pilot in command of a Cessna 206 on a Part 135 single-engine air taxi run, VFR only, five passenger seats, operating from a gravel strip 90 nm from base over rising terrain. During the preflight you find a 20 mm crack in the left exhaust muffler shroud, with soot streaking near the cabin heat intake.
896 words, about 4 min3Prop Strike on a Farm Strip
You are flying a privately owned Cessna 180 with one passenger, landing at a farm strip 30 km inland from Gisborne. On the landing roll the left main wheel drops into a soft patch, the aircraft swings left and the propeller strikes the ground; one blade is bent and the outboard left wing and flap are wrinkled.
882 words, about 4 min4Three Aircraft, One Circuit
It is a fine Saturday at an unattended aerodrome inside a mandatory broadcast zone: runway 27, 900 m grass, left-hand circuit, wind 270/12. You are in a Cessna 172 joining downwind at 1000 ft AGL from a crosswind join from the north.
816 words, about 4 min5The Lodge's Fly-In Day Package
You hold a CPL(A) with a current Class 1 medical and no instrument rating. You own a one-fifth share in a Cessna 182 operated privately under Part 91, with a current maintenance release.
923 words, about 5 min