Airworthy Prep

Instrument Rating Airplane test code

IR.VII.C.R5Emergency Operations: Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (AMEL, AMES)

Instrument Rating Airplane test standard, area of operation VII, task C

Written as ir.vii.c.r5 or IR.VII.C.R5 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.

FAA-S-ACS-8C, Instrument Rating - Airplane ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), VII. Emergency Operations, Task C. Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (AMEL, AMES)

What it means

IR.VII.C.R5 is a risk management element in the Emergency Operations 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
VII
Area of operation VII: Emergency Operations
C
Task C: Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (AMEL, AMES)
R5
Risk management element 5

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing IR.VII.C.R5 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?

Paste them all into the free study planner and it groups them by subject, most missed first.