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Flight Instructor Helicopter test code

HI.XII.B.R13Special Operations: Pinnacle Operations

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

Written as hi.xii.b.r13 or HI.XII.B.R13 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Aircraft limitations.

FAA-S-ACS-29, Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), XII. Special Operations, Task B. Pinnacle Operations

What it means

HI.XII.B.R13 is a risk management element in the Special 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
XII
Area of operation XII: Special Operations
B
Task B: Pinnacle Operations
R13
Risk management element 13

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing HI.XII.B.R13 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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