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Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code

SH.IV.D.K6cHovering Maneuvers: Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear

Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation IV, task D

Written as sh.iv.d.k6c or SH.IV.D.K6c on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Procedures for:

Entering or crossing runways.

FAA-S-ACS-26, Sport Pilot ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (October 2025, effective October 22, 2025), IV. Hovering Maneuvers, Task D. Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear

What it means

SH.IV.D.K6c is a knowledge element in the Hovering Maneuvers area of operation of the Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard. A knowledge element is something the FAA expects you to know, and the written test asks questions on it.

SH
Sport 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 SH.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-26, Sport Pilot ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (October 2025, effective October 22, 2025); FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26), p. 2.

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  • Sport Pilot Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (SHF)

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