# IL.XVI.A — After Landing, Parking, and Securing — Flight Instructor Powered Lift ACS

> IL.XVI.A from FAA-S-ACS-27, including the official objective, references, notes, and 12 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 XVI. Postflight Procedures
- Task: Task A. After Landing, Parking, and Securing
- Task code prefix: IL.XVI.A
- Official references: 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 after landing, parking, and securing procedures, can apply that knowledge, manage associated risks, demonstrate appropriate skills, and provide effective instruction.

## Knowledge elements

- **IL.XVI.A.K1** — Parking, shutdown, securing, and postflight inspection.
- **IL.XVI.A.K2** — Documenting in-flight/postflight discrepancies.
- **IL.XVI.A.K3** — Common errors related to this Task.

## Risk management elements

- **IL.XVI.A.R1** — Activities and distractions.
- **IL.XVI.A.R2** — Airport/heliport specific security procedures.
- **IL.XVI.A.R3** — Disembarking passengers safely on the ramp and monitoring passenger movement while on the ramp.

## Skills elements

- **IL.XVI.A.S1** — Minimize any hazardous effects of thrust/downwash during hover, if applicable.
- **IL.XVI.A.S2** — Park in an appropriate area, considering the safety of nearby persons and property.
- **IL.XVI.A.S3** — Complete the appropriate checklist(s).
- **IL.XVI.A.S4** — Conduct a postflight inspection and document discrepancies and servicing requirements, if any.
- **IL.XVI.A.S5** — Secure the aircraft.
- **IL.XVI.A.S6** — 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.