PP ACS Checklist

Private Pilot Checkride Checklist - ACS

NB: The numbering/lettering for each "Areas of Operations" and "Tasks" within those areas are all directly out of the Private Pilot ACS - FAA-S-ACS-6A (Change 1) June 2017. Also note that this list has been pruned to include only those areas and tasks specific to Airplane Single Engine Land (ASEL).

Check each box only after the associated task or area has been completed and mastered per the ACS.

• ☐ I. Preflight Preparation
  • ☐ A. Pilot Qualifications
  • ☐ B. Airworthiness Requirements
  • ☐ C. Weather Information
  • ☐ D. Cross-Country Flight Planning
  • ☐ E. National Airspace System
  • ☐ F. Performance and Limitations
  • ☐ G. Operation of Systems
  • ☐ H. Human Factors
• ☐ II. Preflight Procedures
  • ☐ A. Preflight Assessment
  • ☐ B. Flight Deck Management
  • ☐ C. Engine Starting
  • ☐ D. Taxiing
  • ☐ F. Before Takeoff Check
• ☐ III. Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
  • ☐ A. Communications and Light Signals
  • ☐ B. Traffic Patterns
• ☐ IV. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
  • ☐ A. Normal Takeoff and Climb
  • ☐ B. Normal Approach and Landing
  • ☐ C. Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
  • ☐ D. Soft-Field Approach and Landing
  • ☐ E. Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
  • ☐ F. Short-Field Approach and Landing
  • ☐ N. Go-Around/Rejected Landing
• ☐ V. Performance and Ground Reference Maneuvers
  • ☐ A. Steep Turns
  • ☐ B. Ground Reference Maneuvers
• ☐ VI. Navigation
  • ☐ A. Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
  • ☐ B. Navigation Systems and Radar Services
  • ☐ C. Diversion
  • ☐ D. Lost Procedures
• ☐ VII. Slow Flight and Stalls
  • ☐ A. Maneuvering During Slow Flight
  • ☐ B. Power-Off Stalls
  • ☐ C. Power-On Stalls
  • ☐ D. Spin Awareness
• ☐ VIII.Basic Instrument Maneuvers
  • ☐ A. Straight-and-Level Flight
  • ☐ B. Constant Airspeed Climbs
  • ☐ C. Constant Airspeed Descents
  • ☐ D. Turns to Headings
  • ☐ E. Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
  • ☐ F. Radio Communications, Navigation Systems/Facilities, and Radar Services
• ☐ IX. Emergency Operations
  • ☐ A. Emergency Descent
  • ☐ B. Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated)
  • ☐ C. Systems and Equipment Malfunction
  • ☐ D. Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
• ☐ XI. Night Operations
  • ☐ A. Night Preparation
• ☐ XII. Postflight Procedures
  • ☐ A. After Landing, Parking and Securing