ACS tracker
ACS task tracking and oral prep. Know every task area the DPE will test.
ACS task checklist
Every task area from the Airman Certification Standards — Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI — with knowledge, risk, and skill elements.
Progress tracking
Mark each ACS task as studied, practiced, or ready. Track per-task evidence — knowledge score and CFI skill sign-off — to see exactly which task areas still need work.
Oral exam questions
Practice questions for each ACS task area. The questions DPEs actually ask — with suggested answer frameworks.
AI oral practice
Practice oral exam responses with AI feedback. Explain a concept and get coached on what to include or clarify.
Knowledge test correlation
Map your written test missed questions to ACS task areas. Focus oral prep on areas where your knowledge was weakest.
Regulation quick reference
The regulations DPEs test most — 91.103, 91.205, 91.213, 61.57 — linked directly from each ACS task area.
Checkride intel
Common failures and DPE info. Learn from others, pass the first time.
Common failure areas
The most frequently failed ACS tasks per certificate — based on FAA data. Know where others stumble and prepare extra.
Maneuver standards
ACS completion standards for each flight maneuver — altitude, heading, airspeed tolerances. Know the numbers cold.
DPE directory
Find Designated Pilot Examiners in your area with certificates they examine, availability, and contact information.
IACRA requirements
Checklist of what you need before scheduling — IACRA application, knowledge test results, endorsements, experience totals.
Checkride day checklist
Documents, materials, and items to bring. Government ID, logbook, maintenance records, knowledge test report — nothing forgotten.
Re-test planning
Did not pass? Identify the failed task areas, get remedial training guidance, and track progress toward the re-test.
Based on the Airman Certification Standards
Checkride prep is structured around the FAA Airman Certification Standards — the same document your DPE uses to evaluate you. No guessing about what will be tested.
Preparation tools supplement — not replace — your CFI's instruction. Use them to organize your study, track progress, and identify gaps before checkride day.
This is the knowing half. The other half is the flying.
Checkride preparation splits in two. This page is the ground study — every ACS task area, the oral questions, where applicants commonly come unstuck. The other half is rehearsing the maneuver itself so the sequence and the scan are familiar before you are paying by the hour for them. Most applicants need both, and neither replaces time in the aircraft with an instructor.
Rehearse the maneuvers in your simulator