Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.VIII.D.K2eEmergency Operations: Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation VIII, task D
Written as ch.viii.d.k2e or CH.VIII.D.K2e on your score report.
The FAA's wording
System and equipment malfunctions specific to the helicopter, including:
Landing gear malfunctions.
What it means
CH.VIII.D.K2e is a knowledge element in the Emergency 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
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
- D
- Task D: Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
- K2e
- Part (e) of knowledge 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.VIII.D.K2e 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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