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Private Pilot Helicopter

Provider
PSI
Format
Computer-delivered multiple-choice knowledge test; one correct response per question.
Exam questions
Scored questions: 60.
Time limit
2.0 hours, including any validation questions; FAA correction effective January 27, 2025.
Passing score
70
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
  • 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
    • Go-Around
    • Confined Area Operations
    • Pinnacle Operations
    • Shallow Approach and Running/Roll-On Landing
    • Rolling Takeoff (Wheel-Type Landing Gear)
  • 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
  • Night Operations
    • Night Operations
  • Postflight Procedures
    • After Landing, Parking, and Securing
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