# AA.VI.F — Landing from a Precision Approach — Airline Transport Pilot Airplane ACS

> AA.VI.F from FAA-S-ACS-11A, including the official objective, references, notes, and 22 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-11A
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Airline Transport Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation VI. Instrument Procedures
- Task: Task F. Landing from a Precision Approach
- Task code prefix: AA.VI.F
- Official references: 14 CFR part 91; AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-16, FAA-H-8083-25; SAFO 19001
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing the procedures for a landing from a precision approach.

## Knowledge elements

- **AA.VI.F.K1** — Elements related to the pilot’s responsibilities, and the environmental, operational, and meteorological factors that affect landing from a precision approach.
- **AA.VI.F.K2** — Approach lighting systems and runway and taxiway signs, markings, and lighting.

## Risk management elements

- **AA.VI.F.R1** — Selection of an approach procedure and runway based on aircraft limitations, available distance, surface conditions, and wind.
- **AA.VI.F.R2** — Wake turbulence.
- **AA.VI.F.R3** — [Archived]
- **AA.VI.F.R3a** — a. [Archived]
- **AA.VI.F.R3b** — b. [Archived]
- **AA.VI.F.R4** — Collision hazards.
- **AA.VI.F.R5** — Low altitude maneuvering, including stall, spin, or controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
- **AA.VI.F.R6** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
- **AA.VI.F.R7** — Attempting to land from an unstable approach.
- **AA.VI.F.R8** — Flying below the glidepath.
- **AA.VI.F.R9** — Transitioning from instrument to visual references for landing.
- **AA.VI.F.R10** — Missed Approach.
- **AA.VI.F.R11** — Land and hold short operations (LAHSO).

## Skills elements

- **AA.VI.F.S1** — Maintain the desired airspeed, ±5 knots, and vertical and lateral guidance within ¼-scale deflection of the indicators during the descent from DA/DH to a point where visual maneuvering is used to accomplish a normal landing.
- **AA.VI.F.S2** — Adhere to all ATC or evaluator advisories, such as NOTAMs, windshear, wake turbulence, runway surface, braking conditions, and other operational considerations.
- **AA.VI.F.S3** — Coordinate with crew, if applicable, and complete the appropriate checklist(s) in a timely manner.
- **AA.VI.F.S4** — Touch down at the aiming point markings, -250/+500 feet, or where there are no runway aiming point markings, 750 to 1,500 feet, from the approach threshold of the runway.
- **AA.VI.F.S5** — Maintain positive airplane control throughout the landing using drag and braking devices, as appropriate, to come to a stop.
- **AA.VI.F.S6** — Use single-pilot resource management (SRM) or crew resource management (CRM), as appropriate.
- **AA.VI.F.S7** — Use runway incursion avoidance procedures, if applicable.

## Difficulty methodology

Difficulty calibration is ongoing for this Task. Observed difficulty is a privacy-thresholded check-ride.ai mock-oral practice proxy, not an FAA practical-test pass or fail rate. Underlying sample sizes and the private reporting threshold are not published.

## Official Task notes

- See Appendix 3: Aircraft, Equipment, and Operational Requirements & Limitations for information related to this Task.
- Note: For non-amphibious seaplanes, this task applies only when the applicant has immediate access to an instrument approach to a waterway.

## Use in practice

A mock examiner can ask a pilot to explain the published elements, apply them to the configured aircraft and airport context, identify risks, and defend a decision. Practice prompts are not represented as actual FAA examiner scripts or predictions of the questions a candidate will receive.