Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Airplane test code
PA.I.C.K3ePreflight Preparation: Weather Information
Private Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation I, task C
Written as pa.i.c.k3e or PA.I.C.K3e on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Meteorology applicable to the departure, en route, alternate, and destination under visual flight rules (VFR) in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC), including expected climate and hazardous conditions such as:
Weather system formation, including air masses and fronts.
What it means
PA.I.C.K3e is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Private Pilot Airplane test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- PA
- Private Pilot Airplane ACS
- I
- Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
- C
- Task C: Weather Information
- K3e
- Part (e) of 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 PA.I.C.K3e 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-6C, Private 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 4 tests
- Private Pilot Airplane (PAR)
- Private Pilot Airplane Canadian Conversion (PCP)
- Private Pilot Airplane EU Part-FCL Conversion (PEP)
- Private Pilot Airplane Foreign Pilot via BASA (61.71) (PFB)
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.