# AA.VI.H — Landing from a Circling Approach — Airline Transport Pilot Airplane ACS

> AA.VI.H from FAA-S-ACS-11A, including the official objective, references, notes, and 24 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 H. Landing from a Circling Approach
- Task code prefix: AA.VI.H
- 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 circling approach.

## Knowledge elements

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

## Risk management elements

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

## Skills elements

- **AA.VI.H.S1** — Keep the airport environment in sight and remain within the circling approach radius applicable to the approach category to a position from which a stabilized descent to landing can be made.
- **AA.VI.H.S2** — Adhere to all ATC or evaluator advisories, such as NOTAMs, windshear, wake turbulence, runway surface, braking conditions, and other operational considerations.
- **AA.VI.H.S3** — Coordinate with crew, if applicable, and complete the appropriate checklist(s) in a timely manner.
- **AA.VI.H.S4** — Aligns the airplane for a normal landing on the selected runway without excessive maneuvering and without exceeding the normal operating limits of the airplane. The angle of bank should not exceed 30°.
- **AA.VI.H.S5** — Make smooth, timely, and correct control application throughout the circling maneuver and maintain appropriate airspeed, ±5 knots. If applicable, maintain altitude +100/−0 feet, and desired heading/ track, ±5°.
- **AA.VI.H.S6** — Ensure the airplane is configured for landing.
- **AA.VI.H.S7** — Scan the landing runway and adjoining area for traffic and obstructions. (ASEL, AMEL).
- **AA.VI.H.S8** — 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.H.S9** — Maintain positive aircraft control throughout the landing using drag and braking devices, as appropriate, to come to a stop.
- **AA.VI.H.S10** — Use single-pilot resource management (SRM) or crew resource management (CRM), as appropriate.
- **AA.VI.H.S11** — 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.

## 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.