Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Airplane test code
AI.V.A.K3aPreflight Procedures: Preflight Assessment
Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation V, task A
Written as ai.v.a.k3a or AI.V.A.K3a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Airplane preflight inspection, including:
Which items should be inspected.
What it means
AI.V.A.K3a is a knowledge element in the Preflight Procedures 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
- V
- Area of operation V: Preflight Procedures
- A
- Task A: Preflight Assessment
- 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.V.A.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?
Paste them all into the free study planner and it groups them by subject, most missed first.