IR.I.C.R7Preflight Preparation: Cross-Country Flight Planning

What it means

IR.I.C.R7 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

C

Task C: Cross-Country Flight Planning

R7

Risk management element 7

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.C.R7 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.