Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Airplane test code
PA.I.C.R2aPreflight Preparation: Weather Information
Private Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation I, task C
Written as pa.i.c.r2a or PA.I.C.R2a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Use and limitations of:
Installed onboard weather equipment.
What it means
PA.I.C.R2a is a risk management element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Private Pilot 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.
- PA
- Private Pilot Airplane ACS
- I
- Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
- C
- Task C: Weather Information
- R2a
- Part (a) of risk management element 2
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.R2a 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.