Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Airplane test code
AI.VII.K.R2eTakeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds: Rough Water Takeoff and Climb (ASES, AMES)
Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation VII, task K
Written as ai.vii.k.r2e or AI.VII.K.R2e on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Effects of:
Water surface/condition.
What it means
AI.VII.K.R2e is a risk management element in the Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds area of operation of the Flight Instructor Airplane test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.
- AI
- Flight Instructor Airplane ACS
- VII
- Area of operation VII: Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- K
- Task K: Rough Water Takeoff and Climb (ASES, AMES)
- R2e
- Part (e) of risk management element 2
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing AI.VII.K.R2e 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)
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