Airworthy Prep

Commercial Pilot Airplane test code

CA.VII.C.K2Slow Flight and Stalls: Power-On Stalls

Commercial Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation VII, task C

Written as ca.vii.c.k2 or CA.VII.C.K2 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Stall characteristics as they relate to airplane design, and recognition impending stall and full stall indications using sight, sound, or feel.

FAA-S-ACS-7B, Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), VII. Slow Flight and Stalls, Task C. Power-On Stalls

What it means

CA.VII.C.K2 is a knowledge element in the Slow Flight and Stalls 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
VII
Area of operation VII: Slow Flight and Stalls
C
Task C: Power-On Stalls
K2
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 CA.VII.C.K2 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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