Commercial Pilot Airplane test code
CA.VI.A.K4bNavigation: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation VI, task A
Written as ca.vi.a.k4b or CA.VI.A.K4b on your score report.
The FAA's wording
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What it means
CA.VI.A.K4b is a knowledge element in the Navigation area of operation of the Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- CA
- Commercial Pilot Airplane ACS
- VI
- Area of operation VI: Navigation
- A
- Task A: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
- K4b
- Part (b) of knowledge element 4
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing CA.VI.A.K4b 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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