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Flight Instructor Sport Helicopter - Simplified Flight Controls
- Exam questions
- Scored questions: 70.
- 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
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-Simplified Flight Controls
- Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
Emergency Operations
- Powerplant Failure in a Hover in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
- Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls
- Approach and Landing with an Engine Inoperative (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter-Simplified Flight Controls Only)
- 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
Post-flight Procedures
- After Landing, Parking, and Securing
Examination sources
- Flight Instructor with a Sport Pilot Rating for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter ‒ Simplified Flight Controls Privilege Airman Certification Standards
PDF p. 2 / printed p. i, Foreword
- Flight Instructor with a Sport Pilot Rating for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter ‒ Simplified Flight Controls Privilege Airman Certification Standards
PDF p. 71 / printed p. 65, knowledge testing phase and preparation
- Flight Instructor with a Sport Pilot Rating for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter ‒ Simplified Flight Controls Privilege Airman Certification Standards
PDF p. 71 / printed p. 65, References paragraph and preparation guidance
- 14 CFR 61.14
§ 61.14(b)(17)
- 14 CFR 61.405
§ 61.405(a), Knowledge test, paragraphs (1)-(2)
- 14 CFR 61.309
§ 61.309, introductory scope and paragraphs (a)-(l)
- Flight Instructor with a Sport Pilot Rating for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter ‒ Simplified Flight Controls Privilege Airman Certification Standards
PDF p. 70 / printed p. 64, knowledge test table applicability and FOI note
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 10, INSTRUCTOR table, IHF row and column headings
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 2, Validation Questions, NUMBER OF QUESTIONS bullet
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF p. 3, What is an AKTR?
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 2, Validation Questions, NOT scored bullet
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 10, **SPORT PILOT Flight Instructor authorization block
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 1, Federal Tracking Number (FTN)
- Airman Testing Frequently Asked Questions
PDF p. 2, Scheduling the test and Documents needed for the test
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 10, Acceptable forms of retest authorization
- FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix
PDF p. 1, Acceptable Forms of Identification and under-18 note