Part 66 Examinations

Aviation Australia is approved to conduct CASR and EASA Part 66 Basic knowledge examinations for A and B category licences.

All Part 66 Basic knowledge examinations are conducted in accordance with a prescriptive examination standard which is laid out in the respective Competent Authority’s regulations. All examinations are time based with a pass mark of 75%.

Multi-Choice Question (MCQ) examinations;

  • are conducted electronically,
  • have a nominal average duration of 75 seconds (1.25 minutes) per question

Essay examinations;

  • are paper-based,
  • have an overall duration of 20 minutes per question

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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**

CASA Part 66 Basic Knowledge Examinations

NEW CASA STAND DOWN PERIOD FOR LAME WILL TAKE EFFECT

FROM 10 FEBRUARY 2025 

New reduced stand-down periods will help individuals make quicker progress towards getting a licence.

This means that:

  • after a first failed attempt you can resit the exam as soon as the next day
  • after the second failed attempt you must wait 30 days to resit the exam [reduced from 90 days]
  • after the third failed attempt you must wait 6 months to resit the exam [reduced from 12 months]
  • after the 6 months the cycle resets and you can apply to take the exam again.

Aviation Australia examination booking requirements will remain unchanged. For more information, please refer to the terms and conditionsTerms-and-Conditions-Exam-V5-07022025-FINAL.docx.

 For more information, please refer to the official CASA website.

EASA Part 66 Basic Knowledge Examinations

Please be advised that Aviation Australia is currently building new EASA Module exams to meet revised EASA Part 66 regulations (Commission Regulation (EU) no 1321/2014-Issue 2, amendment 8) from 12th June 2024.

Aviation Australia’s EASA examination website booking portal will only accept the Newly published EASA exam as bookings.

As new EASA Module exams are approved, they will be released for access on the examination booking portal.

** MODULES RELEASED FOR BOOKING [Approved EASA locations only] **
Module 1, Module 2. Module 3, Module 4, Module 6, Module 9 and Module 10 EASA.

 

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Part 66 Study Material

Aviation Australia’s Part 66 examinations are based on our current courseware, available via our new Learning Management System, LaunchPad.

Use the BUY NOW link below to visit our new store for purchasing study material.

Here is a Help Guide which shows you how to use the new store.

We strongly recommend that you always access the latest version of the courseware online when studying for examinations – we do not recommend using older printed versions as the content may not be up to date.

Part 66 Theory Packages

Aviation Australia offers self-study training material and exam packages that satisfy either CASA or EASA Part 66 basic knowledge theory requirements for the following licence categories:

CASR Part 66

  • B1.1 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.2 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with piston engines,
  • B1.3 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.4 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with piston engines,
  • B2 – (Avionics) fixed and rotary-wing aircraft

EASA Part 66

  • B1.1 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.3 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B2 – (Avionics) fixed and rotary-wing aircraft