Private Pilot Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6C) Plus Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2) [Spiral-Bound]

FAA Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6C).
It also includes the New ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2 with Changes 1 & 2, last updated in December 2024).

The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Safety Standards, Regulatory Support Division, Airman Testing Standards Branch, has published the Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (ACS) to communicate the aeronautical knowledge, risk management, and flight proficiency standards for private pilot certification in the airplane category, single-engine land and sea; and multiengine land and sea classes.

Material in FAA-S-ACS-6C supersedes FAA-S-ACS-6B, Private Pilot – Airplane Airman Certification Standards (ACS), Change 1.

The FAA created FAA-G-ACS-2, Airman Certification Standards Companion Guide for Pilots, to provide guidance considered relevant and useful to the community. The number of appendices in the ACS was reduced and much of the non-regulatory material was moved to the Airman Certification Standards Companion Guide for Pilots. Applicants, instructors, and evaluators should consult this companion guide to familiarize themselves with ACS procedures.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) developed this Airman Certification Standards Companion Guide FAA-G-ACS-2, for use with the Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for pilot certification. This guide, along with the regulatory material in the ACS, may assist an applicant in preparing for the FAA knowledge exam and practical test (checkride) that lead to pilot certification.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Area of Operation I: Preflight Preparation
• Area of Operation II: Preflight Procedures
• Area of Operation III: Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
• Area of Operation IV: Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
• Area of Operation V: Performance Maneuvers and Ground Reference Maneuvers
• Area of Operation VI: Navigation
• Area of Operation VII: Slow Flight and Stalls
• Area of Operation VIII: Basic Instrument Maneuvers
• Area of Operation IX: Emergency Operations
• Area of Operation X: Multiengine Operations
• Area of Operation XI: Night Operations
• Area of Operation XII: Postflight Procedures
• Appendix 1: Practical Test Roles, Responsibilities, and Outcomes
• Appendix 2: Safety of Flight
• Appendix 3: Aircraft, Equipment, and Operational Requirements & Limitations