HI.VII.C.R3Hovering Maneuvers: Air Taxi

What it means

HI.VII.C.R3 is a risk management element in the Hovering Maneuvers area of operation of the Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard. A risk management element is a hazard the FAA expects you to be able to spot and manage, and the written test can ask questions on it.

HI

Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS

VII

Area of operation VII: Hovering Maneuvers

C

Task C: Air Taxi

R3

Risk management element 3

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing HI.VII.C.R3 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.