Flight Instructor Helicopter test code

HI.XI.D.R1Emergency Operations: Flight Solely by Reference to Instruments

Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard, area of operation XI, task D

Written as hi.xi.d.r1 or HI.XI.D.R1 on your score report.

The FAA's wording
Situations that can affect physiology and degrade instrument cross-check.
FAA-S-ACS-29, Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), XI. Emergency Operations, Task D. Flight Solely by Reference to Instruments

What it means

HI.XI.D.R1 is a risk management element in the Emergency Operations 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
XI: Area of operation XI: Emergency Operations
D: Task D: Flight Solely by Reference to Instruments
R1: Risk management element 1

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing HI.XI.D.R1 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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