Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code
SH.VI.B.R14Performance Maneuvers: Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation VI, task B
Written as sh.vi.b.r14 or SH.VI.B.R14 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Distractions, task prioritization, loss of situational awareness, or disorientation.
What it means
SH.VI.B.R14 is a risk management element in the Performance Maneuvers area of operation of the Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) 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.
- SH
- Sport Pilot Helicopter ACS
- VI
- Area of operation VI: Performance Maneuvers
- B
- Task B: Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
- R14
- Risk management element 14
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing SH.VI.B.R14 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.
Printed on 1 test
- Sport Pilot Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (SHF)
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