# PH.X.A — After Landing, Parking, and Securing — Private Pilot Rotorcraft ACS

> PH.X.A from FAA-S-ACS-15, including the official objective, references, notes, and 11 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Private Pilot for Rotorcraft Category Helicopter Rating Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-15
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Rotorcraft
- Certificate or rating: Private Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation X. Postflight Procedures
- Task: Task A. After Landing, Parking, and Securing
- Task code prefix: PH.X.A
- Official references: FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-21, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/RFM
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with after landing, parking, and securing procedures.

## Knowledge elements

- **PH.X.A.K1** — Helicopter shutdown, securing, and postflight inspection.
- **PH.X.A.K2** — Documenting in-flight/postflight discrepancies.

## Risk management elements

- **PH.X.A.R1** — Activities and distractions.
- **PH.X.A.R2** — Parking the helicopter in a congested area.
- **PH.X.A.R3** — Airport specific security procedures.
- **PH.X.A.R4** — Disembarking passengers safely on the ramp and monitoring passenger movement while on the ramp.

## Skills elements

- **PH.X.A.S1** — Minimize the hazardous effects of rotor downwash during hovering.
- **PH.X.A.S2** — Park in an appropriate area, considering the safety of nearby persons and property.
- **PH.X.A.S3** — Complete the appropriate checklist(s).
- **PH.X.A.S5** — Conduct a postflight inspection and document discrepancies and servicing requirements, if any.
- **PH.X.A.S6** — Secure the helicopter.

## Difficulty methodology

Difficulty calibration is ongoing for this Task. Observed difficulty is a privacy-thresholded check-ride.ai mock-oral practice proxy, not an FAA practical-test pass or fail rate. Underlying sample sizes and the private reporting threshold are not published.

## Use in practice

A mock examiner can ask a pilot to explain the published elements, apply them to the configured aircraft and airport context, identify risks, and defend a decision. Practice prompts are not represented as actual FAA examiner scripts or predictions of the questions a candidate will receive.