Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code
FH.V.A.K3aPreflight Procedures: Preflight Assessment
Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation V, task A
Written as fh.v.a.k3a or FH.V.A.K3a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Helicopter-simplified flight controls preflight inspection, including:
Which items should be inspected.
What it means
FH.V.A.K3a is a knowledge element in the Preflight Procedures 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
- V
- Area of operation V: Preflight Procedures
- A
- Task A: Preflight Assessment
- K3a
- Part (a) 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 FH.V.A.K3a 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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