Airworthy PrepSport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code
SH.VIII.E.R3Emergency Operations: Vortex Ring State (VRS)
Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation VIII, task E
Written as sh.viii.e.r3 or SH.VIII.E.R3 on your score report.
The FAA's wording
Application of power or exceeding powerplant limitations.
What it means
SH.VIII.E.R3 is a risk management element in the Emergency Operations 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
- VIII
- Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
- E
- Task E: Vortex Ring State (VRS)
- R3
- Risk management element 3
Seeing it on your score report
Your Airman Knowledge Test Report lists a code for each area where you missed a question. Seeing SH.VIII.E.R3 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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