Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.IX.B.R2bSpecial Operations: Pinnacle Operations
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation IX, task B
Written as ch.ix.b.r2b or CH.IX.B.R2b on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Effects of:
Windshear.
What it means
CH.IX.B.R2b 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
- R2b
- Part (b) 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 CH.IX.B.R2b 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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