Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code
FH.III.A.K4Preflight Preparation: Pilot Qualifications
Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation III, task A
Written as fh.iii.a.k4 or FH.III.A.K4 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Documents pilots must possess to exercise sport pilot privileges.
What it means
FH.III.A.K4 is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- FH
- Sport Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
- III
- Area of operation III: Preflight Preparation
- A
- Task A: Pilot Qualifications
- K4
- Knowledge element 4
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing FH.III.A.K4 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-31, Sport Flight Instructor ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (November 2023); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Printed on 1 test
- Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (IHF)
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