Before taxi

1. Lights - AS REQUIRED
2. Clock - SET
3. Radios - ON

CESSNA 172 4.
5.
6.
Transponder - STANDBY
ATIS check
Call for taxi clearance

Taxi
ABBREVIATED CHECKLIST 1. Brakes - CHECK
2. Turn and slip - INDICATES CORRECTLY

Before takeoff
Before starting engines 1. Doors and windows - CLOSED AND LOCKED
1. Flight controls: check for free and proper movements 2. Flight controls - FREE AND PROPER
2. Fuel valve - BOTH 3. Flight instruments - CHECKED
3. All electrical switches - OFF 4. Throttle - 1600 RPM
4. Circuit breakers - IN 5. Magnetos - CHECK (100 rpm max drop, 50 rpm mad difference)
5. Elevator trim - TAKEOFF 6. Carburetor heat check
7. Engine instruments - CHECKED
Starting engines 8. Throttle - 1000 - 1200 RPM
1. Master switch - ON 9. Wing flaps - AS REQUIRED
2. Flaps - UP 10. Fuel - ON
3. NIGHT: Navigation lights - ON 11. Elevator trim - TAKEOFF
4. Carburetor heat - COLD 12. Light and pitot heat - AS REQUIRED
5. Mixture - FULL RICH 13. Radios (COM and NAV) - AS REQUIRED
6. Prime - AS REQUIRED 14. Transponder - ALT
7. Throttle - 1/8 15. Call for takeoff
8. Ignition switch - BOTH
9. Starter - START (pull - release when engine starts)
10. Throttle 800 - 1000 RPM
11. Oil pressure - INDICATING

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Normal takeoff After landing (after clearing the active runway)
1. Flaps - UP 1. Radio - Ground
2. Carburetor heat - COLD 2. Flaps - UP
3. Throttle - FULL 3. Lights - AS REQUIRED
4. Rotate - 40 - 45 kts 4. Transponder - STANDBY
5. Climb - 70 - 80 kts 5. Carburetor heat - COLD

Maximum performance takeoff Engine shutdown - Secure aircraft

1. Flaps 0° if obstacles exist (10° for short field - NO OBSTACLES) 1. Throttle 1000 - 1200 RPM
2. Carburetor heat - COLD 2. Radios - OFF
3. Throttle - FULL 3. Electrical equipment - OFF
4. Soft field - Raise nose and fly in ground effect until climb 4. Throttle - IDLE
5. speed is attained 5. Magneto grounding check (right, left, off then both)
6. Obstacle clearance - Climb at 50 kts 6. Throttle 800 - 1000 RPM
7. Clear obstacles, accelerate to normal climb speed, flaps up 7. Mixture - FULL LEAN
8. Ignition switch - OFF (after propeller stops)
Level off - Cruise 9. Master switch - OFF
1. Power and mixture - SET
2. Engine instruments and fuel quantity - CHECKED

Before descent
1. Mixture - RICH

Before landing
1. ATIS - CHECK
2. Lights - AS REQUIRED
3. Mixture - RICH
4. Flaps - AS REQUIRED
5. Carburetor heat - ON, when power is reduced
By Cristiano "Sky One" Tagliabue - AXI123

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