TTA Cessna 401 Normal Checklist 04/23/04

CRUISE
BEFORE START 1. Engine Power -27.0" MP/2300 RPM
1. Preflight Inspection -Complete 2. Mixtures – Lean, use EGT below 75% power,
2. Cabin Door -Latched set 100º ROP
3. Gear Switch - Down 3. Cowl Flaps -Closed
4. Alternate Air Controls –Full In 4. Fuel Selectors -Auxiliary - ONE AT A TIME
5. Alternators and Battery - On (after there is room in the tip tank)
6. Control Lock - Removed 5. Landing Lights - Off
7. Flight Controls -Free and Correct
8. Cowl Flaps - Open DESCENT
9. Throttles - Open One Inch 1. ATIS
10. Props -Forward 2. Altimeter -Set
11. Mixtures - Rich 3. Reduce M.P. 1" per minute
12. Fuel Selectors – Main/Tip Tanks
APPROACH
ENGINE START 1. Fuel Selectors –Mains/OUTboard tanks
1. Magnetos - On 2. Alternate Air -Check In
2. Left Starter -Press 3. Mixtures -Rich or as required
3. Prime Switch -Appropriate Engine 4. Auxiliary Fuel Pumps -Low
4. Auxiliary Fuel Pump - Low 5. Heater -Off
5. Throttle - 1000 - 1200 RPM 6. Landing Lights - On
6. Vacuum System -Check 7. Cowl Flaps -Closed
7. Right Engine -Repeat 1 Through 6 8. Flaps -Down 15º Below 180 MPH
8. Lights – On 9. Gear -Down
9. Radios – On
BEFORE LANDING
BEFORE TAKEOFF 1. Flaps - Down 45º Below 160 MPH
1. Trim Tabs - Check Movement, Set for Takeoff 2. Gear -Check Down
2. Controls - Free and Correct 3. Props -Forward
3. Cowl Flaps - Open
4. Wing Flaps - Up AFTER LANDING
5. Engine Instruments - Normal 1. Auxiliary Fuel Pumps -Low
6. Instruments and Radios – Check/Set 2. Cowl Flaps -Open
7. Engine Runup - Check 3. Flaps -Up
Voltammeter, Vacuum System, Magnetos 4. Transponder -STBY
Feather 5. Trim -Set for Takeoff
6. Heater -Check Off
TAKEOFF 7. Landing Lights - Off
1. Auxiliary Fuel Pumps -Low
2. Landing Lights - On SHUTDOWN
3. Transponder - ALT 1. Auxiliary Fuel Pumps -Off
4. Engine Power -34.5" MP/2700 RPM, check 2. Radios -Off
fuel flow in White arc. 3. Throttles -Idle
(Engine cool 3 min. before shutdown)
AFTER TAKEOFF 4. Props -Forward
1. Landing Gear -UP 5. Left Mixture -Idle Cutoff
2. Engine Power -29.5" MP/2450 RPM (1000 ft 6. Vacuum System -Check
AGL check fuel flow on BLUE 75% mark) 7. Right Mixture -Idle Cutoff
3. Auxiliary Fuel Pumps -Off or As Required 8. Magnetos -Off
4. Fuel selector 9. Battery and Alternators -Set
5. Voltammeter 10. Parking Brake -Set
11. Control Lock -Install
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TTA Cessna 401 Normal Checklist 04/23/04