FH.XI.B.R11Emergency Operations: Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls

What it means

FH.XI.B.R11 is a risk management element in the Emergency Operations 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

XI

Area of operation XI: Emergency Operations

B

Task B: Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls

R11

Risk management element 11

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing FH.XI.B.R11 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.