Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.IX.B.R15Special Operations: Pinnacle Operations
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation IX, task B
Written as ch.ix.b.r15 or CH.IX.B.R15 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Main and tail rotor hazards for passengers.
What it means
CH.IX.B.R15 is a risk management element in the Special Operations area of operation of the Commercial Pilot Helicopter 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.
- CH
- Commercial Pilot Helicopter ACS
- IX
- Area of operation IX: Special Operations
- B
- Task B: Pinnacle Operations
- R15
- Risk management element 15
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.R15 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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