# PL.VIII.C — Diversion — Private Pilot Powered Lift ACS

> PL.VIII.C from FAA-S-ACS-13, including the official objective, references, notes, and 13 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Private Pilot for Powered-Lift Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-13
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Powered Lift
- Certificate or rating: Private Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation VIII. Navigation
- Task: Task C. Diversion
- Task code prefix: PL.VIII.C
- Official references: AIM; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-25; VFR Navigation Charts
- 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 diversion.

## Knowledge elements

- **PL.VIII.C.K1** — Selecting an alternate destination.
- **PL.VIII.C.K2** — Situations that require deviations from flight plan or air traffic control (ATC) instructions.

## Risk management elements

- **PL.VIII.C.R1** — Collision hazards.
- **PL.VIII.C.R2** — Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
- **PL.VIII.C.R3** — Circumstances that would make diversion prudent.
- **PL.VIII.C.R4** — Selecting an airport/heliport/helipad, as applicable.
- **PL.VIII.C.R5** — Using available resources (e.g., automation, ATC, and flight deck planning aids).

## Skills elements

- **PL.VIII.C.S1** — Select a suitable airport/heliport/helipad, as applicable, and route for diversion.
- **PL.VIII.C.S2** — Make a reasonable estimate of heading, groundspeed, arrival time, and fuel required to the “divert to” destination.
- **PL.VIII.C.S3** — Promptly divert toward the airport/heliport/helipad.
- **PL.VIII.C.S4** — Maintain the selected altitude, ±200 feet and heading, ±15°.
- **PL.VIII.C.S5** — Update/interpret weather in flight.
- **PL.VIII.C.S6** — Use displays of digital weather and aeronautical information, as applicable to maintain situational awareness.

## 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.