Airman Certification Standards · FAA-S-ACS-31
62 Tasks across 13 Areas of Operation. Read Area by Area, with every Task cited.
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Each Area of Operation reads as one continuous document: its Tasks in the contents, each with its references, objective, and Knowledge, Risk Management, and Skills elements. Copy an exact citation from any Task, or open its page in the FAA PDF.
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Area I
6 Tasks: Effects of Human Behavior and Communication on the Learning Process, Learning Process, Course Development, Lesson Plans, and Classroom Training Techniques, and 3 more.
Area II
12 Tasks: Human Factors, Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance, Runway Incursion Avoidance, and 9 more.
Area III
3 Tasks: Pilot Qualifications, Airworthiness Requirements, Weather Information.
Area IV
1 Task: Maneuver Lesson.
Area V
4 Tasks: Preflight Assessment, Flight Deck Management, Powerplant Starting and Rotor Engagement, and 1 more.
Area VI
3 Tasks: Runway/Taxiway/Heliport/Helipad Signs, Markings, and Lighting, Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems, Traffic Patterns.
Area VII
5 Tasks: Vertical Takeoff and Landing, Hover Taxi, Air Taxi, and 2 more.
Area VIII
7 Tasks: Normal Takeoff and Climb, Normal and Crosswind Approach, Maximum Performance Takeoff and Climb, and 4 more.
Area IX
4 Tasks: Straight-and-Level Flight, Level Turns, Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns, and 1 more.
Area X
3 Tasks: Rapid Deceleration/Quick Stop, Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls, Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter.
Area XI
11 Tasks: Powerplant Failure in a Hover in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls, Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls, Approach and Landing with an Engine Inoperative (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls Only), and 8 more.
Area XII
2 Tasks: Confined Area Operations, Pinnacle Operations.
Area XIII
1 Task: After Landing, Parking, and Securing.