Airworthy PrepInstrument Rating Airplane test code
IR.I.A.R3Preflight Preparation: Pilot Qualifications
Instrument Rating Airplane test standard, area of operation I, task A
Written as ir.i.a.r3 or IR.I.A.R3 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Fitness for flight and physiological factors that might affect the pilot’s ability to fly under instrument conditions.
What it means
IR.I.A.R3 is a risk management element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Instrument Rating 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.
- IR
- Instrument Rating Airplane ACS
- I
- Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
- A
- Task A: Pilot Qualifications
- R3
- 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 IR.I.A.R3 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-8C, Instrument Rating - Airplane ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 5 tests
- Instrument Rating Airplane Canadian Conversion (ICP)
- Instrument Rating Airplane EU Part-FCL Conversion (IEP)
- Instrument Rating Foreign Pilot via BASA (61.71) (IFB)
- Instrument Rating Foreign Pilot via Non-BASA (61.75) (IFP)
- Instrument Rating Airplane (IRA)
Got more than one code on your report?
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