Hi there,
I messed up a PFL on my PPL and got a partial pass. IMHO the reason was a bit weak though….I apparently set up for a landing downwind. There was forecast of calm winds from the sfc upwards to 5k. Apparently I should have noticed there was slight drift from the VOR tracking section. Right. Light and variable worst case. I wasn’t allowed a second chance. Oh well, I'm probably just bitter!
On a side note IMHO opinion the best way to pass a PPL is continuity in training. Not switching instructors over and over, and not leaving big gaps in your training if financially possible. I have found throughout private and commercial training instructors teach things differently. Not everything is standardised or set out as such. Switching instructors a week before my PPL nearly led to failure…. I was taught a new and better way to keep my plog (different to all my prior training). Guess what went t over a on the test…yup, without some quick thinking would have failed the nav section too due to cocking up the plog.
Bizarrely I found on a personal level the CPL and ME/IR flight tests easier than the PPL test, purely because I was far better prepared to take them, and got them first time. If you are prepared properly you will pass.
Oh yeah finally never decide in the test you have failed this or that section, if you make a mistake deal with it and carry on to the best of your abilities!
Best of luck!
