Airman Certification Standards · FAA-S-ACS-26
48 Tasks across 9 Areas of Operation. Read Area by Area, with every Task cited.
About the SH ACS
Each Area of Operation reads as one continuous document: its Tasks in the contents, each with its references, objective, and Knowledge, Risk Management, and Skills elements. Copy an exact citation from any Task, or open its page in the FAA PDF.
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Area I
8 Tasks: Pilot Qualifications, Airworthiness Requirements, Weather Information, and 5 more.
Area II
4 Tasks: Preflight Assessment, Flight Deck Management, Powerplant Starting and Rotor Engagement, and 1 more.
Area III
3 Tasks: Runway/Taxiway/Heliport/Helipad Signs, Markings, and Lighting, Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems, Traffic Patterns.
Area IV
5 Tasks: Vertical Takeoff and Landing, Hover Taxi, Air Taxi, and 2 more.
Area V
9 Tasks: Normal Takeoff and Climb, Normal and Crosswind Approach, Maximum Performance Takeoff and Climb, and 6 more.
Area VI
3 Tasks: 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.
Area VII
4 Tasks: Pilotage and Dead Reckoning, Navigation Systems and Radar Services, Diversion, and 1 more.
Area VIII
11 Tasks: 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), and 8 more.
Area IX
1 Task: After Landing, Parking, and Securing.