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Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code

FH.XII.A.R2cSpecial Operations: Confined Area Operations

Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation XII, task A

Written as fh.xii.a.r2c or FH.XII.A.R2c on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Effects of:

Turbulence.

FAA-S-ACS-31, Sport Flight Instructor ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (November 2023), XII. Special Operations, Task A. Confined Area Operations

What it means

FH.XII.A.R2c is a risk management element in the Special 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
XII
Area of operation XII: Special Operations
A
Task A: Confined Area Operations
R2c
Part (c) of risk management element 2

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing FH.XII.A.R2c 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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