Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.II.A.K3cPreflight Procedures: Preflight Assessment
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation II, task A
Written as ch.ii.a.k3c or CH.II.A.K3c on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Helicopter preflight inspection, including:
How to detect possible defects.
What it means
CH.II.A.K3c is a knowledge element in the Preflight Procedures 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
- II
- Area of operation II: Preflight Procedures
- A
- Task A: Preflight Assessment
- K3c
- Part (c) 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.II.A.K3c 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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