Airworthy Prep

Commercial Pilot Helicopter test code

CH.I.C.K3dPreflight Preparation: Weather Information

Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation I, task C

Written as ch.i.c.k3d or CH.I.C.K3d on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Meteorology applicable to the departure, en route, alternate, and destination under visual flight rules (VFR) in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC), including expected climate and hazardous conditions such as:

Moisture/precipitation.

FAA-S-ACS-16, Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), I. Preflight Preparation, Task C. Weather Information

What it means

CH.I.C.K3d is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.

CH
Commercial Pilot Helicopter ACS
I
Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
C
Task C: Weather Information
K3d
Part (d) of knowledge 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 CH.I.C.K3d 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-16, Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.

Can be printed on 2 tests
  • Commercial Pilot Helicopter Canadian Conversion (CCH)
  • Commercial Pilot Helicopter (CRH)

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