Sheppard Air Helicopter

Your certificates and ratings include Airline Transport Pilot airplane and Private Pilot helicopter. Under which condition may you act as pilot in command of a helicopter under IFR?

If you acquire a helicopter instrument rating and meet IFR currency requirements.

Within the preceding 6 calendar months, you have accomplished one instrument approach, holding, and intercepting and tracking courses in a helicopter, and two instrument approaches in an airplane. In order to act as pilot-in-command of a helicopter under IFR you must

accomplish five instrument approaches in a helicopter.

What are the fuel requirements for a night IFR flight in a helicopter when an alternate airport is not required?

Enough fuel to complete the flight to the first airport of intended landing and fly after that for 30 minutes.

When an alternate airport is required for helicopters on the flight plan, you must have sufficient fuel to complete the flight to the first airport of intended landing, fly to the alternate, and thereafter fly for at least

30 minutes at normal cruising speed.

When 14 CFR part 97 prescribes a standard IAP for the destination airport, under what conditions are you not required to list an alternate airport on an IFR flight plan for an IFR flight in a helicopter?

At your ETA and for 1 hour after your ETA, the ceiling is forecast to be at least 1,000 feet above the field elevation, or at least 400 feet above the lowest applicable approach minima, whichever is higher, and visibility of at least 2 statute miles.

Within the preceding 6 calendar months, your instrument experience consists of 2 hours including 1 instrument approach, holding, and intercepting and tracking courses in an approved helicopter simulator, and 1 instrument approach in an airplane.

What additional instrument experience is required before acting as

PIC in a helicopter under IFR?

5 instrument approaches in a helicopter or an approved helicopter simulator or flight training device.