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Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test code

SH.VIII.G.K1cEmergency Operations: Antitorque System Failure

Sport Pilot Helicopter (Simplified Flight Controls) test standard, area of operation VIII, task G

Written as sh.viii.g.k1c or SH.VIII.G.K1c on your score report.

The FAA's wording

Elements related to antitorque system failure by describing:

RFM procedures for antitorque system(s) failure, as applicable.

FAA-S-ACS-26, Sport Pilot ACS for Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls (October 2025, effective October 22, 2025), VIII. Emergency Operations, Task G. Antitorque System Failure

What it means

SH.VIII.G.K1c is a knowledge element in the Emergency Operations 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
VIII
Area of operation VIII: Emergency Operations
G
Task G: Antitorque System Failure
K1c
Part (c) of knowledge element 1

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.G.K1c 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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