Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Airplane test code
CA.IV.M.R3aTakeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds: Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing (ASEL, ASES)
Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation IV, task M
Written as ca.iv.m.r3a or CA.IV.M.R3a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Planning for:
Rejected landing and go-around.
What it means
CA.IV.M.R3a 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
- M
- Task M: Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing (ASEL, ASES)
- R3a
- Part (a) of risk management 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 CA.IV.M.R3a 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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