Airworthy Prep

Flight Instructor Airplane test code

AI.II.N.K3aTechnical Subject Areas: High Altitude Operations - Supplemental Oxygen

Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation II, task N

Written as ai.ii.n.k3a or AI.II.N.K3a on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Operational factors, including:

Characteristics, limitations, and applicability of continuous flow, demand, and pressure-demand oxygen systems.

FAA-S-ACS-25, Flight Instructor for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), II. Technical Subject Areas, Task N. High Altitude Operations - Supplemental Oxygen

What it means

AI.II.N.K3a is a knowledge element in the Technical Subject Areas area of operation of the Flight Instructor Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.

AI
Flight Instructor Airplane ACS
II
Area of operation II: Technical Subject Areas
N
Task N: High Altitude Operations - Supplemental Oxygen
K3a
Part (a) of knowledge element 3

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing AI.II.N.K3a there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.

Sources: FAA-S-ACS-25, Flight Instructor for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.

Can be printed on 2 tests
  • Flight Instructor Airplane (Added Rating) (AFA)
  • Flight Instructor Airplane (FIA)

Got more than one code on your report?

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