Airworthy PrepInstrument Rating Airplane test code
IR.III.A.K3Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures: Compliance with Air Traffic Control Clearances
Instrument Rating Airplane test standard, area of operation III, task A
Written as ir.iii.a.k3 or IR.III.A.K3 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Lost communication procedures and procedures for flights outside of radar environments.
What it means
IR.III.A.K3 is a knowledge element in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures area of operation of the Instrument Rating Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- IR
- Instrument Rating Airplane ACS
- III
- Area of operation III: Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures
- A
- Task A: Compliance with Air Traffic Control Clearances
- K3
- Knowledge 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.III.A.K3 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)
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