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Commercial Pilot Helicopter test code

CH.IX.B.K5Special Operations: Pinnacle Operations

Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation IX, task B

Written as ch.ix.b.k5 or CH.IX.B.K5 on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Elements of a high and low reconnaissance.

FAA-S-ACS-16, Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024), IX. Special Operations, Task B. Pinnacle Operations

What it means

CH.IX.B.K5 is a knowledge element in the Special Operations 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
IX
Area of operation IX: Special Operations
B
Task B: Pinnacle Operations
K5
Knowledge element 5

Seeing it on your score report

Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing CH.IX.B.K5 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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