Airworthy PrepPrivate Pilot Helicopter test code
PH.VIII.D.K2eEmergency Operations: Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Private Pilot Helicopter test standard, area of operation VIII, task D
Written as ph.viii.d.k2e or PH.VIII.D.K2e on your score report.
The FAA's wording
System and equipment malfunctions specific to the helicopter, including:
Landing gear malfunctions.
What it means
PH.VIII.D.K2e is a knowledge element in the Emergency Operations 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
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
- D
- Task D: Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
- K2e
- Part (e) of knowledge element 2
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing PH.VIII.D.K2e 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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