Airworthy PrepInstrument Rating Helicopter test code
IH.I.C.K1dPreflight Preparation: Cross-Country Flight Planning
Instrument Rating Helicopter test standard, area of operation I, task C
Written as ih.i.c.k1d or IH.I.C.K1d on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Route planning, including consideration of:
Primary and alternate airports.
What it means
IH.I.C.K1d is a knowledge element in the Preflight Preparation area of operation of the Instrument Rating Helicopter test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- IH
- Instrument Rating Helicopter ACS
- I
- Area of operation I: Preflight Preparation
- C
- Task C: Cross-Country Flight Planning
- K1d
- Part (d) of knowledge element 1
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing IH.I.C.K1d 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-14, Instrument Rating - Helicopter ACS (November 2023, effective May 31, 2024); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.
Can be printed on 2 tests
- Instrument Rating Helicopter Canadian Conversion (ICH)
- Instrument Rating Helicopter (IRH)
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