PNG CASA ATPL Air Law case studies

PNG CASA ATPL Air Law · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The PNG CASA ATPL Air Law examination is the air law component of the theoretical knowledge requirement for an Airline Transport Pilot Licence issued by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Papua New Guinea. It is aimed at commercial pilots progressing to ATPL, and at licence holders converting or validating overseas qualifications who must demonstrate knowledge of PNG law and practice. The PNG CASA ATPL Air Law case studies are 5 cases and about 5,259 words.

Last Sector to Marawaka: Fuel, Duty and a Chief Pilot's Pressure

You are the sole pilot of a Cessna 208B operated by Highland Charters Ltd under its PNG Part 135 certificate from Goroka (AYGA). It is 1525 on Friday.

1,104 words, about 6 min 2

Outstation Defect, an Overdue Airworthiness Directive and Three Booked Sectors

You are flying the company's Part 135 BN-2B Islander, P2-ABC, based at Telefomin for a week of charters. On Tuesday morning the technical log shows: (1) the left engine-driven vacuum pump was deferred under MEL item 24-3, category C with a ten-day limit, and today is day 9; (2) the aircraft has flown 98.5 h since its last periodic inspection, due at 100 h; (3) an airworthiness directive requiring oil-filter inspection at 50-hour intervals was last accomplished 60 h ago; (4) the maintenance release was signed three days ago and two sectors have been flown since.

1,083 words, about 5 min 3

Runway Excursion at a Rural Strip: Accident, Notification and Evidence

At 1612 on a wet November afternoon a Part 135 Cessna 208B with one pilot and eight passengers lands at a rural airstrip serving a mining community. The strip is 900 m of sealed surface with a 60 m grass overrun, on a downslope, and standing water lies in the touchdown zone.

1,037 words, about 5 min 4

Coastal VFR into Madang: Minima, Clearance and Commit Point

You are flying a Cessna 182 VFR from Wewak (AYWK) to Madang (AYMD) with three passengers on a Saturday morning, cruising at 8 500 ft. Forty nautical miles north-west of Madang you meet a band of coastal cloud: tops around 9 000 ft, bases 1 500 ft, 4 km visibility in rain, and scattered cumulus at 1 000 ft over the water.

1,052 words, about 5 min 5

Foreign Charter, Cabotage and Crew Licensing Across the Torres Strait

An Australian Part 135 operator's Beechcraft B200, VH-XYZ, is chartered by a PNG mining company for a two-week programme. The pattern is Cairns–Port Moresby with eight passengers, then Port Moresby–Tabubil with eight passengers, Tabubil–Port Moresby, and the return Port Moresby–Cairns.

983 words, about 5 min