Airworthy PrepCommercial Pilot Helicopter test code
CH.VIII.J.R3Emergency Operations: Low Gravity (G) Recognition and Recovery
Commercial Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation VIII, task J
Written as ch.viii.j.r3 or CH.VIII.J.R3 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Control inputs that cause mast bumping.
What it means
CH.VIII.J.R3 is a risk management element in the Emergency 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
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
- J
- Task J: Low Gravity (G) Recognition and Recovery
- R3
- Risk management 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.VIII.J.R3 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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