Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Airplane test code
AI.XII.B.K2bEmergency Operations: Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES)
Flight Instructor Airplane test standard, area of operation XII, task B
Written as ai.xii.b.k2b or AI.XII.B.K2b on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Airspeed, including:
Difference between best glide speed and minimum sink speed.
What it means
AI.XII.B.K2b is a knowledge element in the Emergency Operations 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
- XII
- Area of operation XII: Emergency Operations
- B
- Task B: Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES)
- K2b
- Part (b) of knowledge 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.XII.B.K2b 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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