Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Helicopter test code
PH.IV.D.K6cHovering Maneuvers: Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear
Private Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation IV, task D
Written as ph.iv.d.k6c or PH.IV.D.K6c on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Procedures for:
Entering or crossing runways.
What it means
PH.IV.D.K6c is a knowledge element in the Hovering Maneuvers area of operation of the Private Pilot Helicopter test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.
- PH
- Private Pilot Helicopter ACS
- IV
- Area of operation IV: Hovering Maneuvers
- D
- Task D: Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear
- K6c
- Part (c) of knowledge element 6
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing PH.IV.D.K6c 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-15, Private 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
- Private Pilot Helicopter Canadian Conversion (PCH)
- Private Pilot Helicopter (PRH)
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