Private Pilot · ASEL · FAA-S-ACS-6C

ACS Coverage Map

Feathers Flight Deck is a Part 61 home-study ground school preparing you for the FAA Private Pilot Airplane (PAR) knowledge test — with your knowledge-test endorsement issued by your CFI after instructor review.

Measured against FAA-S-ACS-6C, the FAA's public Airman Certification Standards. The ACS is a testing standard, not a syllabus — this course teaches from the FAA handbooks, and uses the ACS the way it is meant to be used: to verify that nothing you can be tested on has been left uncovered. Every lesson and question is cross-referenced to the tasks below. The ACS is an FAA publication; this course is an independent study program and is not endorsed by the FAA.

21 modules162 lessons1751 approved questions1687 mapped to ACS tasks45 ASEL tasks below

1751 instructor-approved questions back this course; 1687 are mapped to specific ACS tasks below and feed the lesson quizzes, drills and practice exam. The practice exam draws only from a separate, reserved bank you won't see anywhere else in the course. The other 64 belong to Module 0's orientation lessons — onboarding content deliberately outside the ACS map.

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Area of Operation I

Preflight Preparation941 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.I.APilot Qualifications0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 2.12, 3.8, 9.1, 17.6, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5, 19.6, 19.7, 19.8, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.5, 20.6, 20.7, 20.8121
PA.I.BAirworthiness Requirements2.12, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 18.7, 19.6, 19.7, 20.459
PA.I.CWeather Information11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8197
PA.I.DCross-Country Flight Planning7.6, 15.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.767
PA.I.ENational Airspace System7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 15.294
PA.I.FPerformance and Limitations1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.11, 3.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6173
PA.I.GOperation of Systems2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7123
PA.I.HHuman Factors9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 17.1107

Area of Operation II

Preflight Procedures91 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.II.APreflight Assessment5.116
PA.II.BFlight Deck Management5.210
PA.II.CEngine Starting5.39
PA.II.DTaxiing (ASEL, AMEL)5.4, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.8, 6.945
PA.II.FBefore Takeoff Check5.511

Area of Operation III

Airport and Seaplane Base Operations165 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.III.ACommunications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems0.9, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10126
PA.III.BTraffic Patterns1.9, 6.1, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 8.639

Area of Operation IV

Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds51 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.IV.ANormal Takeoff and Climb5.78
PA.IV.BNormal Approach and Landing1.3, 5.8, 5.9, 6.8, 14.521
PA.IV.CSoft-Field Takeoff and Climb (ASEL)1.8, 1.9, 5.77
PA.IV.DSoft-Field Approach and Landing (ASEL)5.82
PA.IV.EShort-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb (ASEL, AMEL)5.72
PA.IV.FShort-Field Approach and Landing (ASEL, AMEL)5.81
PA.IV.MForward Slip to a Landing (ASEL, ASES)5.95
PA.IV.NGo-Around/Rejected Landing5.95

Area of Operation V

Performance Maneuvers and Ground Reference Maneuvers45 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.V.ASteep Turns1.6, 1.10, 2.1131
PA.V.BGround Reference Maneuvers1.1014

Area of Operation VI

Navigation150 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.VI.APilotage and Dead Reckoning3.4, 15.1, 15.2102
PA.VI.BNavigation Systems and Radar Services3.6, 8.7, 15.3, 15.435
PA.VI.CDiversion15.56
PA.VI.DLost Procedures15.5, 16.67

Area of Operation VII

Slow Flight and Stalls47 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.VII.AManeuvering During Slow Flight1.2, 1.3, 1.58
PA.VII.BPower-Off Stalls1.2, 1.4, 1.521
PA.VII.CPower-On Stalls1.2, 1.5, 1.88
PA.VII.DSpin Awareness1.710

Area of Operation VIII

Basic Instrument Maneuvers45 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.VIII.AStraight-and-Level Flight3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.826
PA.VIII.BConstant Airspeed Climbs3.82
PA.VIII.CConstant Airspeed Descents3.82
PA.VIII.DTurns to Headings3.86
PA.VIII.ERecovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes3.8, 18.68
PA.VIII.FRadio Communications, Navigation Systems/Facilities, and Radar Servicesflight training1

Area of Operation IX

Emergency Operations69 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.IX.AEmergency Descent18.55
PA.IX.BEmergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES)18.114
PA.IX.CSystems and Equipment Malfunctions18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.638
PA.IX.DEmergency Equipment and Survival Gear18.712

Area of Operation XI

Night Operations62 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.XI.ANight Operations17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.662

Area of Operation XII

Postflight Procedures21 questions

TaskLessonsQuestions
PA.XII.AAfter Landing, Parking, and Securing (ASEL, AMEL)5.621

Tasks showing zero questions are flight-maneuver skills — demonstrated in the airplane with your instructor, not tested by written questions here. The knowledge that feeds them (aerodynamics, performance, procedures) lives in the tasks above. The question bank continues to grow.

Scope: Private Pilot — Airplane Single-Engine Land (ASEL). Seaplane (ASES/AMES) and multiengine (AMEL) tasks — including all of Area X — are outside this course by design.