# IL.III.A — Pilot Qualifications — Flight Instructor Powered Lift ACS

> IL.III.A from FAA-S-ACS-27, including the official objective, references, notes, and 7 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Flight Instructor for Powered-Lift Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-27
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Powered Lift
- Certificate or rating: Flight Instructor
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation III. Preflight Preparation
- Task: Task A. Pilot Qualifications
- Task code prefix: IL.III.A
- Official references: 14 CFR parts 61, 68, 91; AC 60-28, AC 68-1; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-9, FAA-H-8083-25; Flight Manual
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant understands pilot training and qualification requirements for different levels of pilot certificate including student pilot, private pilot, commercial pilot, and flight instructor; can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

## Knowledge elements

- **IL.III.A.K1** — Certification, currency, and recordkeeping requirements, including training and logbook entries.
- **IL.III.A.K2** — Privileges and limitations of pilot certificates and ratings at student pilot, private, commercial, and flight instructor levels.
- **IL.III.A.K3** — Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications, and operations under BasicMed.
- **IL.III.A.K4** — Documents pilots must possess to exercise privileges of the specified certificate(s) and rating(s).

## Risk management elements

- **IL.III.A.R1** — Flying unfamiliar aircraft or operating with unfamiliar flight display systems and avionics.
- **IL.III.A.R2** — Proficiency versus currency.

## Skills elements

- **IL.III.A.S1** — Deliver instruction on at least two of the elements specified in K1 through K4.

## 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.