Airworthy Prep

Commercial Pilot Airplane test code

CA.IV.K.R2dTakeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds: Rough Water Takeoff and Climb (ASES, AMES)

Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation IV, task K

Written as ca.iv.k.r2d or CA.IV.K.R2d on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Effects of:

Wake turbulence.

FAA-S-ACS-7B, Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), IV. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds, Task K. Rough Water Takeoff and Climb (ASES, AMES)

What it means

CA.IV.K.R2d is a risk management element in the Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds area of operation of the Commercial Pilot 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.

CA
Commercial Pilot Airplane ACS
IV
Area of operation IV: Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
K
Task K: Rough Water Takeoff and Climb (ASES, AMES)
R2d
Part (d) 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 CA.IV.K.R2d 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-7B, Commercial Pilot 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
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane (CAX)
  • Commercial Pilot Airplane Canadian Conversion (CCP)

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