Instrument Rating — Rotorcraft ACS tasks

• IH.I.A — Pilot Qualifications

  8 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with requirements to act as pilot-in-command under instrument flight rules.

• IH.I.B — Weather Information

  35 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with obtaining, understanding, and applying weather information for a flight under IFR.

• IH.I.C — Cross-Country Flight Planning

  29 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with planning an IFR cross-country and filing an IFR flight plan.

• IH.II.A — Aircraft Systems Related to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Operations

  7 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with anti-icing or deicing systems, and other systems related to IFR flight.

• IH.II.B — Helicopter Flight Instruments and Navigation Equipment

  16 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with managing instruments appropriate for an IFR flight.

• IH.II.C — Instrument Flight Deck Check

  6 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with conducting a preflight check of the helicopter instruments necessary for an IFR flight.

• IH.III.A — Compliance with Air Traffic Control Clearances

  14 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with ATC clearances and procedures while operating solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.III.B — Holding Procedures

  14 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with holding procedures solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.IV.A — Instrument Flight

  8 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing basic flight maneuvers solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.IV.B — Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

  15 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with recovering from unusual flight attitudes solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.V.A — Intercepting and Tracking Navigational Systems and DME Arcs

  15 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with intercepting and tracking navigation aids and arcs solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.V.B — Departure, En Route, and Arrival Operations

  15 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with IFR departure, en route, and arrival operations solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.VI.A — Non-precision Approach

  27 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing non-precision approach procedures solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.VI.B — Precision Approach

  28 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing precision approach procedures solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.VI.C — Missed Approach

  15 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing a missed approach procedure solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.VI.D — Landing from an Instrument Approach

  12 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing procedures for a landing from an instrument approach.

• IH.VII.A — Loss of Communications

  8 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with loss of communications while operating solely by reference to instruments.

• IH.VII.B — Instrument Approach and Landing with an Inoperative Engine (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter Only)

  19 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with executing a published instrument approach solely by reference to instruments with one engine inoperative.

• IH.VII.C — Approach with Loss of Primary Flight Instrument Indicators

  8 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with performing an approach solely by reference to instruments with the loss of primary flight control instruments.

• IH.VIII.A — Checking Instruments and Equipment

  3 K/R/S items. To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with checking flight instruments and equipment during postflight.

• Instrument Rating — Airplane

  22 Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-8C.

• Private Pilot — Rotorcraft

  49 Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-15.

• Commercial Pilot — Rotorcraft

  51 Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-16.

• Flight Instructor — Rotorcraft

  65 Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-29.

• Instrument Rating — Powered Lift

  22 Tasks from FAA-S-ACS-3.

Use the task pages to review official ACS scope, then practice explaining and applying the material in a spoken scenario. This index does not reproduce an FAA examiner's plan of action or predict the exact questions on a practical test.