FH.X.C.R3Performance Maneuvers: Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter

What it means

FH.X.C.R3 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

R3

Risk management 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.X.C.R3 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.