Flight Instructor ACS · Area IV
AI.IV Preflight Lesson on a Maneuver to be Performed in Flight
1 task and 5 knowledge, risk management and skill elements. Each code below is a link target: a code from your test report, such as AI.IV.A.K1, lands on its own line.
Flight Instructor Airman Certification Standards, FAA-S-ACS-25 (November 2023 edition), effective May 31, 2024 and incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 61.14. Text from the FAA’s ACS page, checked on 11 November 2026. If the FAA has published a newer edition since, the codes and wording may differ: the FAA document is the authority.
AI.IV.A Maneuver Lesson
To determine the applicant understands the elements associated with a maneuver Task selected from Area of Operation VII through Area of Operation XII (ASEL, ASES) or Area of Operation VII through Area of Operation XIII (AMEL, AMES) and applies that knowledge when delivering ground instruction.
- AI.IV.A.K1Knowledge
- Purpose of the maneuver.
- AI.IV.A.K2Knowledge
- Elements of the maneuver and the associated common errors.
- AI.IV.A.K3Knowledge
- Desired outcome(s), including completion standards.
- AI.IV.A.R1Risk management
- The selected maneuver Task.
- AI.IV.A.S1Skill
- Deliver instruction on the selected maneuver using a lesson plan, teaching methods, and teaching aids, as appropriate, that incorporate K1 through K3.
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Last updated 11 November 2026.