Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Airplane test code
PA.II.D.K6aPreflight Procedures: Taxiing (ASEL, AMEL)
Private Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation II, task D
Written as pa.ii.d.k6a or PA.II.D.K6a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Procedures for:
Appropriate flight deck activities prior to taxi, including route planning and identifying the location of Hot Spots.
What it means
PA.II.D.K6a is a knowledge element in the Preflight Procedures 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
- II
- Area of operation II: Preflight Procedures
- D
- Task D: Taxiing (ASEL, AMEL)
- K6a
- Part (a) of knowledge element 6
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing PA.II.D.K6a 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.