Flight Instructor – Instrument — Powered Lift ACS tasks

Browse 37 FAA ACS Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-28, with official objectives, references, and exact K/R/S item descriptions.

FAA-S-ACS-28, November 2023. Verify amendments and current applicability in the FAA source library.

Document context

FAA-S-ACS-28 document context
FAA documentFlight Instructor – Instrument Rating Powered-Lift Airman Certification Standards
Document identifierFAA-S-ACS-28
Published source dateNovember 2023
Aircraft categoryPowered Lift
Certificate or ratingFlight Instructor – Instrument
Task pages37
K/R/S item descriptions665
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Area of Operation I. Fundamentals of Instructing

Area of Operation II. Technical Subject Areas

Area of Operation III. Preflight Preparation

  • PI.III.A — Weather Information

    35 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands weather information, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.III.B — Cross-Country Flight Planning

    29 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with planning an IFR cross-country and filing an IFR flight plan, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.III.C — Instrument Flight Deck Check

    8 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with conducting a preflight check on the aircraft’s instruments necessary for an IFR flight, and provide effective instruction.

Area of Operation IV. Preflight Lesson on a Maneuver to be Performed in Flight

  • PI.IV.A — Maneuver Lesson

    5 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands the elements associated with a maneuver Task selected from Area of Operation VI through Area of Operation IX and applies that knowledge when delivering ground instruction.

Area of Operation V. Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures

  • PI.V.A — Compliance with Air Traffic Control Clearances

    16 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with ATC clearances and procedures while operating solely by reference to instruments, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.V.B — Holding Procedures

    16 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands holding procedures, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate pilot-in-command skills, and provide effective instruction.

Area of Operation VI. Flight by Reference to Instruments

  • PI.VI.A — Straight-and-Level Flight

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during straight-and-level flight, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction

  • PI.VI.B — Turns

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during turns can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.C — Change of Airspeed in Straight-And-Level and Turning Flight

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during changing of airspeed in straight-and-level and turning flight, and can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.D — Constant Airspeed Climbs and Descents

    19 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during constant airspeed climbs and descents with and without turns, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.E — Constant Rate Climbs and Descents

    19 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during constant rate climbs and descents with and without turns, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.F — Timed Turns to Magnetic Compass Headings

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during timed turns to magnetic compass headings, and can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.G — Steep Turns

    20 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying during steep turns, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VI.H — Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

    16 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands attitude instrument flying while recovering from unusual attitudes, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction, solely by reference to instruments.

Area of Operation VII. Navigation Aids

  • PI.VII.A — Intercepting and Tracking Navigational Systems and DME Arcs

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands intercepting and tracking navigation aids and arcs solely by reference to instruments, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VII.B — Departure, En Route, and Arrival Operations

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with IFR departure, en route, and arrival operations solely by reference to instruments, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

Area of Operation VIII. Instrument Approach Procedures

  • PI.VIII.A — Non-precision Approach

    29 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing non-precision approach procedures solely by reference to instruments, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VIII.B — Precision Approach

    30 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing precision approach procedures solely by reference to instruments, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VIII.C — Missed Approach

    17 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands performing a missed approach procedure solely by reference to instruments, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VIII.D — Circling Approach

    18 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands performing a circling approach procedure, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

  • PI.VIII.E — Landing from an Instrument Approach

    14 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing procedures for a landing from an instrument approach, and provides effective instruction.

Area of Operation IX. Emergency Operations

Area of Operation X. Postflight Procedures

  • PI.X.A — Checking Instruments and Equipment

    5 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant understands procedures for checking flight instruments and equipment during postflight, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

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