Commercial Pilot Helicopter — Information & Free Practice
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Commercial Pilot Helicopter
- Provider
- PSI Services LLC
- Format
- Computer-delivered multiple-choice knowledge test, with a single correct response per question
- Exam questions
- Scored questions: 100.
- Time limit
- 150 minutes, including time for any validation questions; effective January 27, 2025
- Passing score
- 70 (FAA matrix passing grade)
Examination outline
Preflight Preparation
- Pilot Qualifications
- Airworthiness Requirements
- Weather Information
- Cross-Country Flight Planning
- National Airspace System
- Performance and Limitations
- Operation of Systems
- Human Factors
- Night Operations
Preflight Procedures
- Preflight Assessment
- Flight Deck Management
- Powerplant Starting and Rotor Engagement
- Before Takeoff Check
Airport and Heliport Operations
- Runway/Taxiway/Heliport/Helipad Signs, Markings, and Lighting
- Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems
- Traffic Patterns
Hovering Maneuvers
- Vertical Takeoff and Landing
- Hover Taxi
- Air Taxi
- Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear
- Slope Operations
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
- Normal Takeoff and Climb
- Normal and Crosswind Approach
- Maximum Performance Takeoff and Climb
- Steep Approach
- Rolling Takeoff (Wheel-Type Landing Gear)
- Shallow Approach and Running/Roll-On Landing
- Go-Around
Performance Maneuvers
- Rapid Deceleration/Quick Stop
- Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Navigation
- Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
- Navigation Systems and Radar Services
- Diversion
- Lost Procedures
Emergency Operations
- Powerplant Failure in a Hover in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- Approach and Landing with One Engine Inoperative (OEI) (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter Only)
- Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
- Vortex Ring State (VRS)
- Low Rotor Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Recognition and Recovery
- Antitorque System Failure
- Dynamic Rollover
- Ground Resonance
- Low Gravity (G) Recognition and Recovery
- Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
- Flight Solely by Reference to Instruments
- Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
Special Operations
- Confined Area Operations
- Pinnacle Operations
Postflight Procedures
- After Landing, Parking, and Securing
Examination sources
- Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (FAA-S-ACS-16)
PDF page 58, printed page 52, knowledge and risk-management testing and Task references; full scope PDF pages 8-56, printed pages 2-50, with appendices on PDF pages 57-66
- Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating ACS (FAA-S-ACS-16)
PDF page 58, printed page 52, source-reference and examination preparation paragraphs
- FAA Airman Testing Community Advisory, November 2024 Special Edition
PDF page 5, Helicopter Knowledge Tests, new ACS Tasks and knowledge-test adoption list
- FAA Airman Testing Community Advisory, November 2024 Special Edition
PDF page 5, Helicopter Knowledge Tests, named CRH examination and ACS alignment assessment
- FAA Airman Testing Community Advisory, November 2024 Special Edition
PDF page 5, Helicopter Knowledge Tests, first assessment outcome
- Airman Certification Standards, current FAA listing
ACS List, Commercial Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating row
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 8, printed page 3, Airman Knowledge Test Description
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, Commercial Pilot table, header and CRH row
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 2, Validation Questions, scoring and table-count notes
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 10, printed page 5, Section 2, Airman Knowledge Test Report
- ACS Knowledge Test Table: Correct Allotted Times
PDF page 1, explanatory paragraph and CRH row (effective January 27, 2025)
- FAA Airman Testing Community Advisory, November 2024 Special Edition
PDF page 5, Helicopter Knowledge Tests, CRH time correction
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, CRH initial authorization alternatives
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, initial authorization, graduation or accomplishment alternative
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, initial authorization, instructor statement or logbook endorsement alternative
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, CRH row, minimum testing age column
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 7, printed page 2, Steps 1 and 2 of Knowledge Test Registration
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 7, printed page 2, Step 2, contracted testing vendor
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 7, printed page 2, Steps 3 through 5, appointment and payment
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots (FAA-G-ACS-2), Changes 1 and 2
PDF page 7, printed page 2, Step 5, payment and eligibility
- 14 CFR 61.35, Knowledge test: Prerequisites and passing grades
61.35(a)(3)(i)-(iv), identification and age applicability
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 1, Acceptable Forms of Identification, table and notes
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF page 7, retest authorization and failed-test conditions
- Airman Testing, Airman Certificate Testing Service (ACTS)
More Information, Schedule an Airman Knowledge Test link