Airworthy PrepFlight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code
FH.X.C.R14Performance Maneuvers: Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation X, task C
Written as fh.x.c.r14 or FH.X.C.R14 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
What it means
FH.X.C.R14 is a risk management element in the Performance Maneuvers area of operation of the Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) 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.
- FH
- Sport Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
- X
- Area of operation X: Performance Maneuvers
- C
- Task C: Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- R14
- Risk management element 14
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.C.R14 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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