I too , am from St . Louis . <| sep |> Two hiccups during my checkrideThe first was due to nerves and stupidity . While taxiing to the active runway , I started to go left instead of right on the appropriate taxiway I knew better , as I ' d been to the airport once before and had the taxi diagram in front of me , but was just a bit jittery with nerves . The DPE audibly sighed , I instantly knew my mistake , and I thought he was about to fail me when the tower came to my rescue and very kindly instructed me to pull a 180 and head down that taxiway in the correct direction . The DPE actually said , even before I did my runup , that he ' d almost had to fail me , but the tower ' s intervention had preempted him . Whoops ! The second hiccup was due to the wind it was 21 gusting 29 down my runway , and I had to go around on my second landing , a short field because I caught a nasty gust on short final that knocked me on my side . On the ground , the DPE said I ' d handled it well on my next landing , which I nailed , he keyed the mic to inform the tower it was blowing 35 on short final , but it was still a harrowing moment !