Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Helicopter test code
PH.VII.A.K5aNavigation: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
Private Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation VII, task A
Written as ph.vii.a.k5a or PH.VII.A.K5a on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Plotting a course, including:
Determining heading, speed, and course.
What it means
PH.VII.A.K5a is a knowledge element in the Navigation 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
- VII
- Area of operation VII: Navigation
- A
- Task A: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
- K5a
- Part (a) of knowledge element 5
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing PH.VII.A.K5a 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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