# IP.III.B — Holding Procedures — Instrument Rating Powered Lift ACS

> IP.III.B from FAA-S-ACS-3, including the official objective, references, notes, and 14 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Instrument Rating – Powered-Lift Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-3
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Powered Lift
- Certificate or rating: Instrument Rating
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation III. Air Traffic Control (ATC) Clearances and Procedures
- Task: Task B. Holding Procedures
- Task code prefix: IP.III.B
- Official references: 14 CFR parts 91; AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-15, FAA-H-8083-16, FAA-H-8083-25
- 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 holding procedures solely by reference to instruments.

## Knowledge elements

- **IP.III.B.K1** — Elements related to holding procedures, including reporting criteria, appropriate speeds, and recommended entry procedures for standard, nonstandard, published, and non-published holding patterns.

## Risk management elements

- **IP.III.B.R1** — Recalculating fuel reserves if assigned an unanticipated expect further clearance (EFC) time.
- **IP.III.B.R2** — Scenarios and circumstances that could result in minimum fuel or the need to declare an emergency.
- **IP.III.B.R3** — Scenarios that could lead to holding, including deteriorating weather at the planned destination.
- **IP.III.B.R4** — Holding entry and wind correction while holding.

## Skills elements

- **IP.III.B.S1** — Use an entry procedure appropriate for a standard, nonstandard, published, or non-published holding pattern.
- **IP.III.B.S2** — Change to the holding airspeed appropriate for the altitude when 3 minutes or less from, but prior to arriving at, the holding fix and set appropriate power as needed for fuel conservation.
- **IP.III.B.S3** — Recognize arrival at the holding fix and promptly initiate entry into the holding pattern.
- **IP.III.B.S4** — Maintain airspeed ±10 knots, altitude ±100 feet, selected headings within ±10°, and track a selected course, radial, or bearing within ¾-scale deflection of the course deviation indicator (CDI).
- **IP.III.B.S5** — Comply with the holding pattern leg length and other restrictions, if applicable, associated with the holding pattern.
- **IP.III.B.S6** — Use proper wind correction procedures to maintain the desired pattern and to arrive over the fix as close as possible to a specified time.
- **IP.III.B.S7** — Use a multi-function display (MFD) and other graphical navigation displays, if installed, to monitor position in relation to the desired flightpath during holding.
- **IP.III.B.S8** — Comply with ATC reporting requirements and restrictions associated with the holding pattern.
- **IP.III.B.S9** — Use single-pilot resource management (SRM) or crew resource management (CRM), as appropriate.

## 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.