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Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code

FH.X.B.K5Performance Maneuvers: Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls

Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation X, task B

Written as fh.x.b.k5 or FH.X.B.K5 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Causes and effects of high descent rates.

FAA-S-ACS-31, Sport Flight Instructor ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (November 2023), X. Performance Maneuvers, Task B. Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls

What it means

FH.X.B.K5 is a knowledge element in the Performance Maneuvers 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
X
Area of operation X: Performance Maneuvers
B
Task B: Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
K5
Knowledge element 5

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing FH.X.B.K5 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.

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  • Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (IHF)

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