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Flight Instructor Helicopter
- Provider
- PSI
- Format
- Multiple-choice knowledge test; one correct response per question.
- Exam questions
- Scored questions: 100; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 2.5 hours, including time for any validation questions.
- Passing score
- 70
Examination outline
Technical Subject Areas
- Human Factors
- Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance
- Runway Incursion Avoidance
- Principles of Flight
- Flight Controls
- Operation of Systems
- Performance and Limitations
- National Airspace System
- Navigation Systems and Radar Services
- Navigation and Cross-Country Flight Planning
- 14 CFR and Publications
- Endorsements and Logbook Entries
- Night Operations
Preflight Preparation
- Pilot Qualifications
- Airworthiness Requirements
- Weather Information
Preflight Lesson on a Maneuver to be Performed in Flight
- Maneuver Lesson
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
Fundamentals of Flight
- Straight-and-Level Flight
- Level Turns
- Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns
- Straight Descents and Descending Turns
Performance Maneuvers
- Rapid Deceleration/Quick Stop
- Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter
- Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
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)
- Flight Solely by Reference to Instruments
- Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes
- Vortex Ring State (VRS)
- Low Rotor Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Recognition and Recovery
- Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
- Dynamic Rollover
- Ground Resonance
- Low Gravity (G) Recognition and Recovery
- Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
- Antitorque System Failure
Special Operations
- Confined Area Operations
- Pinnacle Operations
Postflight Procedures
- After Landing, Parking, and Securing
Examination sources
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed page 68 (PDF page 75), FRH row
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed page 69 (PDF page 76), knowledge-phase applicability
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed page 69 (PDF page 76), Task References and preparation
- FAA Airman Certification Standards catalog
ACS List, Flight Instructor for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating (FAA-S-ACS-29) row
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed pages 9-67 (PDF pages 16-74), complete Areas II-XIII
- 14 CFR part 61
61.183(f)
- 14 CFR part 61
61.185(a)(2), adoption of applicable pilot knowledge areas
- 14 CFR part 61
61.97(b), 61.105(b), 61.125(b), incorporated subject lists
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed page 68 (PDF page 75), initial qualification and knowledge-test table
- Flight Instructor Helicopter ACS
printed page 69 (PDF page 76), preparation statement
- FAA Airman Certification Standards catalog
ACS List, FAA-S-ACS-29 row, Status cell
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots
printed page 3 (PDF page 8), Airman Knowledge Test Description
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
page 10, FRH row under NUMBER OF QUESTIONS / AGE / ALLOTTED TIME / PASSING SCORE
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
page 2, Validation Questions
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots
printed page 5 (PDF page 10), Airman Knowledge Test Report
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
page 10, initial authorization for instructor tests
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
page 10, FRH age eligibility
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots
printed page 2 (PDF page 7), Step 1
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots
printed page 2 (PDF page 7), Step 2
- ACS Companion Guide for Pilots
printed page 2 (PDF page 7), Steps 3-5
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
page 10, retest after failure authorization