# AA.VII.A — Emergency Procedures — Airline Transport Pilot Airplane ACS

> AA.VII.A from FAA-S-ACS-11A, including the official objective, references, notes, and 21 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 VII. Emergency Operations
- Task: Task A. Emergency Procedures
- Task code prefix: AA.VII.A
- Official references: 14 CFR part 91; AC 91-74; AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-23, FAA-H-8083-25; FSB Report (type specific); POH/AFM
- 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 emergency procedures.

## Knowledge elements

- **AA.VII.A.K1** — Declaring an emergency and selection of a suitable airport or landing location.
- **AA.VII.A.K2** — Situations that would require an emergency descent (e.g., depressurization, smoke, or engine fire).
- **AA.VII.A.K3** — Causes of inflight fire or smoke.
- **AA.VII.A.K4** — Airplane decompression.
- **AA.VII.A.K5** — When an emergency evacuation may be necessary.
- **AA.VII.A.K6** — Actions required if icing conditions exceed the capabilities of the aircraft.

## Risk management elements

- **AA.VII.A.R1** — Selection of the procedures or checklists to follow in an emergency.
- **AA.VII.A.R2** — Multiple failures or system abnormalities.
- **AA.VII.A.R3** — Altitude, wind, terrain, and obstruction considerations in an emergency.
- **AA.VII.A.R4** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.

## Skills elements

- **AA.VII.A.S1** — Explain or describe an emergency procedure for a situation(s) presented by the evaluator.
- **AA.VII.A.S2** — Use proper procedures for an emergency situation(s) presented by the evaluator, such as:
- **AA.VII.A.S2a** — a. Emergency Descent
- **AA.VII.A.S2b** — b. Inflight fire and smoke
- **AA.VII.A.S2c** — c. Decompression
- **AA.VII.A.S2d** — d. Emergency evacuation
- **AA.VII.A.S2e** — e. Airframe icing
- **AA.VII.A.S2f** — f. Others as specified in the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM)/Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH)
- **AA.VII.A.S3** — Fly by reference to standby flight instruments, backup instrumentation, or partial panel, if applicable and appropriate to the situation.
- **AA.VII.A.S4** — Coordinate with crew, if applicable, and complete the appropriate checklist(s) in a timely manner.
- **AA.VII.A.S5** — Communicate with air traffic control (ATC) and the evaluator, as appropriate for the situation.

## 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.

## 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.