Airworthy PrepInstrument Rating Helicopter test code
IH.VI.A.R3Instrument Approach Procedures: Non-precision Approach
Instrument Rating Helicopter test standard, area of operation VI, task A
Written as ih.vi.a.r3 or IH.VI.A.R3 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Management of automated navigation and autoflight systems.
What it means
IH.VI.A.R3 is a risk management element in the Instrument Approach Procedures area of operation of the Instrument Rating 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.
- IH
- Instrument Rating Helicopter ACS
- VI
- Area of operation VI: Instrument Approach Procedures
- A
- Task A: Non-precision Approach
- 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 IH.VI.A.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-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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