# AI.VII.M — Slip to a Landing (ASEL, ASES) — Flight Instructor Airplane ACS

> AI.VII.M from FAA-S-ACS-25, including the official objective, references, notes, and 31 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Flight Instructor for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-25
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Flight Instructor
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation VII. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Task: Task M. Slip to a Landing (ASEL, ASES)
- Task code prefix: AI.VII.M
- Official references: AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-9, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/AFM
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant understands a slip to a landing, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

## Knowledge elements

- **AI.VII.M.K1** — Purpose of and procedures for forward or side slip to a landing.
- **AI.VII.M.K2** — Concepts of energy management during a forward or side slip approach.
- **AI.VII.M.K3** — Effects of atmospheric conditions, including wind, on approach and landing performance.
- **AI.VII.M.K4** — Wind correction techniques during a forward or side slip.
- **AI.VII.M.K5** — Common errors related to this Task.

## Risk management elements

- **AI.VII.M.R1** — Selection of runway/landing surface, approach path, and touchdown area based on pilot capability, aircraft performance and limitations, available distance, and wind.
- **AI.VII.M.R2** — Effects of:
- **AI.VII.M.R2a** — a. Crosswind
- **AI.VII.M.R2b** — b. Windshear
- **AI.VII.M.R2c** — c. Tailwind
- **AI.VII.M.R2d** — d. Wake turbulence
- **AI.VII.M.R2e** — e. Landing surface/condition
- **AI.VII.M.R3** — Planning for:
- **AI.VII.M.R3a** — a. Rejected landing and go-around
- **AI.VII.M.R3b** — b. Land and hold short operations (LAHSO)
- **AI.VII.M.R4** — Collision hazards.
- **AI.VII.M.R5** — Low altitude maneuvering, including stall, spin, or controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
- **AI.VII.M.R6** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
- **AI.VII.M.R7** — Forward slip operations, including fuel flowage, tail stalls with flaps, and airspeed control.
- **AI.VII.M.R8** — Surface contact with the airplane’s longitudinal axis misaligned.
- **AI.VII.M.R9** — Unstable approach.

## Skills elements

- **AI.VII.M.S1** — Complete the appropriate checklist(s).
- **AI.VII.M.S2** — Make radio calls as appropriate.
- **AI.VII.M.S3** — Plan and follow a flightpath to the selected landing area considering altitude, wind, terrain, and obstructions.
- **AI.VII.M.S4** — Select the most suitable touchdown point based on wind, landing surface, obstructions, and airplane limitations.
- **AI.VII.M.S5** — Position airplane on downwind leg, parallel to landing runway or selected landing surface.
- **AI.VII.M.S6** — Configure the airplane correctly.
- **AI.VII.M.S7** — As necessary, correlate crosswind with direction of slip and transition to sideslip as appropriate before touchdown.
- **AI.VII.M.S8** — Touch down at a proper pitch attitude, within 400 feet beyond or on the specified point, with no side drift, and with the airplane’s longitudinal axis aligned with and over the runway center/landing path.
- **AI.VII.M.S9** — Maintain a ground track aligned with the runway center/landing path.
- **AI.VII.M.S10** — Analyze and correct common errors related to this Task.

## 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.