Airworthy Prep

Flight Instructor Airplane test code

AI.V.D.K7cPreflight Procedures: Taxiing, Airport Signs, and Lighting (ASEL, AMEL)

Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation V, task D

Written as ai.v.d.k7c or AI.V.D.K7c on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Procedures for:

Entering or crossing runways.

FAA-S-ACS-25, Flight Instructor for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), V. Preflight Procedures, Task D. Taxiing, Airport Signs, and Lighting (ASEL, AMEL)

What it means

AI.V.D.K7c 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
D
Task D: Taxiing, Airport Signs, and Lighting (ASEL, AMEL)
K7c
Part (c) of knowledge element 7

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.D.K7c 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.