Not affiliated with the FAA. Original questions based on 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26) and FAA handbooks (FAA-H-8083-21B, FAA-H-8083-25C).
FAA Private Pilot helicopter (PRH) knowledge test: practice test with original questions
Practice for the FAA Private Pilot helicopter (PRH) knowledge test with 92 original questions written from the current 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 and FAA handbooks. Mock tests follow the published rule: 60 questions, 42 correct to pass.
The FAA Private Pilot helicopter (PRH) knowledge test has 60 questions, and you pass with 42 correct answers. These 92 practice questions were written from Helicopter Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-21B) (2019) and checked against it on Oct 28, 2026.
92 questions · Modes: Study, Topic drill, Mock exam, Daily 5
Mock exam: 60 questions, pass at 42
About this test
Practice for the FAA Private Pilot helicopter (PRH) knowledge test with original questions. Rules questions are written from the current text of 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 on eCFR; helicopter aerodynamics, systems, performance, maneuvers and emergencies are written from the FAA Helicopter Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-21B), and weather, navigation and decision-making from the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C). Every correct answer is backed by a passage of the source and checked by two independent verifiers.
- Study: every question with a short explanation.
- Topic drills: regulations and privileges, helicopter aerodynamics, helicopter systems and performance, maneuvers and emergencies, weather, airspace, navigation and decision-making.
- Mock test: 60 questions, 42 correct (70%) to pass, as the FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Matrix (revised 9/25/26) states for test PRH.
The questions are written in our own words; this is not the FAA’s question bank. Chart, figure and computer questions that need images are not included.
Topics
- Freewheeling unit · 2
- Retreating blade stall symptoms · 2
- Alcohol and altitude · 1
- Antenna clearance · 1
- Antitorque rotor · 1
- Applying magnetic variation · 1
- Autokinesis · 1
- Autorotation · 1
- Carburetor ice · 1
- Circulation around highs · 1
- Class A airspace · 1
- Class B airspace · 1
- Class C airspace · 1
- Class D airspace · 1
- Cloud base estimate · 1
- Clutch purpose · 1
- Cold versus warm front speed · 1
- Collective · 1
- Collective reduction rate · 1
- Confined area way out · 1
- Congested area altitude · 1
- Coning · 1
- Coriolis force · 1
- Correlator · 1
- Critical rollover angle · 1
- Cyclic · 1
- Daytime heating of land · 1
- Dew point · 1
- Dissymmetry of lift · 1
- Dry adiabatic lapse rate · 1
- Dynamic rollover · 1
- Energy for the landing · 1
- Equalizing lift · 1
- Flight review content · 1
- Fully developed vortex ring state · 1
- Governor · 1
- Governor failure · 1
- Ground effect · 1
- Ground effect height · 1
- Ground effect surface · 1
- Ground resonance · 1
- Ground resonance with low rpm · 1
- Gyroscopic precession · 1
- Head-on right of way · 1
- Headwind in autorotation · 1
- Hovering autorotation cushion · 1
- Low-G and two-bladed rotors · 1
- Low rotor rpm recovery · 1
- LTE cause · 1
- LTE definition · 1
- LTE recovery · 1
- Macho attitude · 1
- Mast bumping · 1
- Microburst · 1
- Minimum descent rate airspeed · 1
- Natural reaction in vortex ring state · 1
- Night currency · 1
- Night scanning · 1
- Overtaking · 1
- Passenger currency · 1
- PIC authority · 1
- Pilotage · 1
- Pressure and altitude · 1
- Private pilot eligibility · 1
- Prohibited areas · 1
- Recovering from low G · 1
- Retreating blade stall cause · 1
- Retreating blade stall conditions · 1
- Rotor hinges · 1
- Rotor rpm too high · 1
- Rotor stall recovery · 1
- Rotor stall vs retreating blade stall · 1
- Sharing expenses · 1
- Simulating a power failure in a hover · 1
- Solo cross-country requirement · 1
- Sprag clutch · 1
- Standard sea level conditions · 1
- Stopping dynamic rollover · 1
- Stuck left pedal · 1
- Temperature inversion · 1
- The leans · 1
- Thunderstorm mature stage · 1
- Translating tendency · 1
- Translational lift · 1
- Transverse flow effect · 1
- Upslope and advection fog · 1
- VFR fuel reserve · 1
- Vortex ring state · 1
- Warning areas · 1
- Wind shear · 1
Sources and version
- Helicopter Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-21B)Covers: 2019
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C)Covers: 2023
- 14 CFR Part 61, Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
- 14 CFR Part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules (eCFR, current as of 2026-10-26)Covers: eCFR current as of 2026-10-26
Covers: 14 CFR Parts 61 and 91 as of 2026-10-26; HFH FAA-H-8083-21B; PHAK FAA-H-8083-25C · Verified current as of Oct 28, 2026
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How this page was made
Built from the sources listed above and reviewed before it was published. Where the source licence allows it the questions keep the source wording; otherwise they are original questions based on the source. Every answer shows its source. This is not legal, immigration, medical or financial advice.