Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Helicopter test code
HI.III.C.K2ePreflight Preparation: Weather Information
Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard, area of operation III, task C
Written as hi.iii.c.k2e or HI.III.C.K2e on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Acceptable weather products and resources required for preflight planning, current and forecast weather for departure, en route, and arrival phases of flight such as:
Wind and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB)
What it means
HI.III.C.K2e is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- HI
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
- III
- Area of operation III: Preflight Preparation
- C
- Task C: Weather Information
- K2e
- Part (e) of knowledge element 2
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing HI.III.C.K2e there means at least one of your wrong answers was on this element. If you are taking the practical test next, expect the examiner to ask about it. Retaking the written? Start with this code and the others on your report.
Sources: FAA-S-ACS-29, Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 2 tests
- Flight Instructor Helicopter (FRH)
- Flight Instructor Helicopter (Added Rating) (HFA)
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