Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Helicopter test code
HI.XI.L.K3bEmergency Operations: Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
Flight Instructor Helicopter test standard, area of operation XI, task L
Written as hi.xi.l.k3b or HI.XI.L.K3b on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Emergency equipment and survival gear needed for:
Mountainous terrain.
What it means
HI.XI.L.K3b is a knowledge element in the Emergency 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
- XI
- Area of operation XI: Emergency Operations
- L
- Task L: Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
- K3b
- Part (b) of knowledge 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.XI.L.K3b 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)
Got more than one code on your report?
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