Airworthy Prep

Private Pilot Airplane test code

PA.II.E.R1Preflight Procedures: Taxiing and Sailing (ASES, AMES)

Private Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation II, task E

Written as pa.ii.e.r1 or PA.II.E.R1 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Activities and distractions.

FAA-S-ACS-6C, Private Pilot for Airplane Category ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), II. Preflight Procedures, Task E. Taxiing and Sailing (ASES, AMES)

What it means

PA.II.E.R1 is a risk management element in the Preflight Procedures 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
II
Area of operation II: Preflight Procedures
E
Task E: Taxiing and Sailing (ASES, AMES)
R1
Risk management element 1

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.E.R1 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.