Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Airplane test code
PA.IV.J.R6Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds: Glassy Water Approach and Landing (ASES, AMES)
Private Pilot Airplane test standard, area of operation IV, task J
Written as pa.iv.j.r6 or PA.IV.J.R6 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
What it means
PA.IV.J.R6 is a risk management element in the Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds 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
- IV
- Area of operation IV: Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- J
- Task J: Glassy Water Approach and Landing (ASES, AMES)
- R6
- Risk management 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.IV.J.R6 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.