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Flight Instructor Helicopter test code

HI.VI.B.K5Airport and Heliport Operations: Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems

Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard, area of operation VI, task B

Written as hi.vi.b.k5 or HI.VI.B.K5 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Lost communication procedures.

FAA-S-ACS-29, Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), VI. Airport and Heliport Operations, Task B. Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems

What it means

HI.VI.B.K5 is a knowledge element in the Airport and Heliport Operations 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
VI
Area of operation VI: Airport and Heliport Operations
B
Task B: Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems
K5
Knowledge element 5

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing HI.VI.B.K5 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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