Airman Certification Standards · FAA-S-ACS-6C
61 Tasks across 12 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
9 Tasks: Pilot Qualifications, Airworthiness Requirements, Weather Information, and 6 more.
Area II
6 Tasks: Preflight Assessment, Flight Deck Management, Engine Starting, and 3 more.
Area III
2 Tasks: Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems, Traffic Patterns.
Area IV
14 Tasks: Normal Takeoff and Climb, Normal Approach and Landing, Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb (ASEL), and 11 more.
Area V
2 Tasks: Steep Turns, Ground Reference Maneuvers.
Area VI
4 Tasks: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning, Navigation Systems and Radar Services, Diversion, and 1 more.
Area VII
4 Tasks: Maneuvering During Slow Flight, Power-Off Stalls, Power-On Stalls, and 1 more.
Area VIII
6 Tasks: Straight-and-Level Flight, Constant Airspeed Climbs, Constant Airspeed Descents, and 3 more.
Area IX
7 Tasks: Emergency Descent, Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES), Systems and Equipment Malfunctions, and 4 more.
Area X
4 Tasks: Maneuvering with One Engine Inoperative (AMEL, AMES), VMC Demonstration (AMEL, AMES), One Engine Inoperative (Simulated) (solely by Reference to Instruments) During Straight-and-Level Flight and Turns (AMEL, AMES), and 1 more.
Area XI
1 Task: Night Operations.
Area XII
2 Tasks: After Landing, Parking, and Securing (ASEL, AMEL), Seaplane Post-Landing Procedures (ASES, AMES).