# PA.IV.N — Go-Around/Rejected Landing — Private Pilot Airplane ACS

> PA.IV.N from FAA-S-ACS-6C, including the official objective, references, notes, and 21 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-6C
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Private Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation IV. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Task: Task N. Go-Around/Rejected Landing
- Task code prefix: PA.IV.N
- Official references: AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-23, 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, risk management, and skills associated with go-around/rejected landing with emphasis on factors that contribute to landing conditions that may require a go-around.

## Knowledge elements

- **PA.IV.N.K1** — A stabilized approach, including energy management concepts.
- **PA.IV.N.K2** — Effects of atmospheric conditions, including wind and density altitude, on a go-around or rejected landing.
- **PA.IV.N.K3** — Wind correction techniques on takeoff/departure and approach/landing.

## Risk management elements

- **PA.IV.N.R1** — Delayed recognition of the need for a go-around/rejected landing.
- **PA.IV.N.R2** — Delayed performance of a go-around at low altitude.
- **PA.IV.N.R3** — Power application.
- **PA.IV.N.R4** — Configuring the airplane.
- **PA.IV.N.R5** — Collision hazards.
- **PA.IV.N.R6** — Low altitude maneuvering, including stall, spin, or controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
- **PA.IV.N.R7** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
- **PA.IV.N.R8** — Runway incursion.
- **PA.IV.N.R9** — Managing a go-around/rejected landing after accepting a LAHSO clearance.

## Skills elements

- **PA.IV.N.S1** — Complete the appropriate checklist(s).
- **PA.IV.N.S2** — Make radio calls as appropriate.
- **PA.IV.N.S3** — Make a timely decision to discontinue the approach to landing.
- **PA.IV.N.S4** — Apply takeoff power immediately and transition to climb pitch attitude for VX or VY as appropriate +10/-5 knots.
- **PA.IV.N.S5** — Configure the airplane after a positive rate of climb has been verified or in accordance with airplane manufacturer’s instructions.
- **PA.IV.N.S6** — Maneuver to the side of the runway/landing area when necessary to clear and avoid conflicting traffic.
- **PA.IV.N.S7** — Maintain VY +10/-5 knots to a safe maneuvering altitude.
- **PA.IV.N.S8** — Maintain directional control and proper wind-drift correction throughout the climb.
- **PA.IV.N.S9** — 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.

## 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.