# CA.VII.E — Spin Awareness — Commercial Pilot Airplane ACS

> CA.VII.E from FAA-S-ACS-7B, including the official objective, references, notes, and 9 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-7B
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Commercial Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation VII. Slow Flight and Stalls
- Task: Task E. Spin Awareness
- Task code prefix: CA.VII.E
- Official references: AC 61-67; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/AFM
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge of the causes and procedures for recovery from unintentional spins and understands the risk associated with unintentional spins.

## Knowledge elements

- **CA.VII.E.K1** — Aerodynamics associated with spins in various airplane configurations, including the relationship between angle of attack, airspeed, load factor, power setting, airplane weight and center of gravity, airplane attitude, and yaw effects.
- **CA.VII.E.K2** — What causes a spin and how to identify the entry, incipient, and developed phases of a spin.
- **CA.VII.E.K3** — Spin recovery procedure.

## Risk management elements

- **CA.VII.E.R1** — Factors and situations that could lead to inadvertent spin and loss of control.
- **CA.VII.E.R2** — Range and limitations of stall warning indicators (e.g., aircraft buffet, stall horn, etc.).
- **CA.VII.E.R3** — Spin recovery procedure.
- **CA.VII.E.R4** — Effect of environmental elements on airplane performance related to spins (e.g., turbulence, microbursts, and high-density altitude).
- **CA.VII.E.R5** — Collision hazards.
- **CA.VII.E.R6** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.

## 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 2: Safety of Flight and 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.