Private Pilot Helicopter
57 lesson plans
Download the Free CFI Lesson Plan Binder PH.I.A
View → Pilot Qualifications
Preflight Preparation · both lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.I.B
View → Airworthiness Requirements
Preflight Preparation · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.I.C
View → Weather Information
Preflight Preparation · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.I.D
View → Cross-Country Flight Planning
Preflight Preparation · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.I.E
View → National Airspace System
Preflight Preparation · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.I.F
View → Performance and Limitations
Preflight Preparation · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.I.G
View → Operation of Systems
Preflight Preparation · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.I.H
View → Human Factors
Preflight Preparation · both lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.II.A
View → Preflight Assessment
Preflight Procedures · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.II.B
View → Flight Deck Management
Preflight Procedures · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.II.C
View → Powerplant Starting and Rotor Engagement
Preflight Procedures · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.II.D
View → Before Takeoff Check
Preflight Procedures · both lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.III.A
View → Runway/Taxiway/Heliport/Helipad Signs, Markings, and Lighting
Airport and Heliport Operations · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.III.B
View → Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems
Airport and Heliport Operations · ground lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.III.C
View → Traffic Patterns
Airport and Heliport Operations · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.IV.A
View → Vertical Takeoff and Landing
Hovering Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.IV.B
View → Hover Taxi
Hovering Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.IV.C
View → Air Taxi
Hovering Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.IV.D
View → Taxiing with Wheel-Type Landing Gear
Hovering Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.IV.E
View → Slope Operations
Hovering Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.A
View → Normal Takeoff and Climb
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.B
View → Normal and Crosswind Approach
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.C
View → Maximum Performance Takeoff and Climb
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.D
View → Steep Approach
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.E
View → Go-Around
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.F
View → Confined Area Operations
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.G
View → Pinnacle Operations
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · ground lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.H
View → Shallow Approach and Running/Roll-On Landing
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.V.I
View → Rolling Takeoff (Wheel-Type Landing Gear)
Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VI.A
View → Rapid Deceleration/Quick Stop
Performance Maneuvers · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VI.B
View → Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Performance Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VI.C
View → Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Performance Maneuvers · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VII.A
View → Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
Navigation · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VII.B
View → Navigation Systems and Radar Services
Navigation · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VII.C
View → Diversion
Navigation · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VII.D
View → Lost Procedures
Navigation · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VIII.A
View → Powerplant Failure in a Hover in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Emergency Operations · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VIII.B
View → Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter
Emergency Operations · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VIII.C
View → Approach and Landing with One Engine Inoperative (OEI) (Simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter Only)
Emergency Operations · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VIII.D
View → Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VIII.E
View → Vortex Ring State (VRS)
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.VIII.F
View → Low Rotor Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Recognition and Recovery
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VIII.G
View → Antitorque System Failure
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.VIII.H
View → Dynamic Rollover
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.VIII.I
View → Ground Resonance
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.I
View → Ground Resonance
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.J
View → Low Gravity (G) Recognition and Recovery
Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.VIII.K
View → Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
Emergency Operations · both lesson · 45–60 minutes
PH.IX.A
View → Night Operations
Night Operations · both lesson · 90–120 minutes
PH.X.A
View → After Landing, Parking, and Securing
Postflight Procedures · both lesson · 60–90 minutes
PH.IV.E
View → Slope Operations
IV. Hovering Maneuvers · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VI.B
View → Straight-In Autorotation in a Single-Engine Helicopter
VI. Performance Maneuvers · both lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VI.C
View → Autorotation with Turns in a Single-Engine Helicopter
VI. Performance Maneuvers · both lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.B
View → Powerplant Failure at Altitude in a Single-Engine Helicopter
VIII. Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.C
View → Approach and Landing with One Engine Inoperative (OEI) (simulated) (Multiengine Helicopter Only)
VIII. Emergency Operations · both lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.E
View → Vortex Ring State (VRS)
VIII. Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes
PH.VIII.F
View → Low Rotor Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Recognition and Recovery
VIII. Emergency Operations · ground lesson · 30–45 minutes