# Beechcraft T-34B Mentor — T-34BChecklist

> **NOT FOR FLIGHT** — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full

> **content_gap**: Section "Complete Engine Failure During Flight" item count differs between passes (11 vs 12); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Radio Failure" item count differs between passes (15 vs 26); verify nothing was dropped.

## Airspeeds (KIAS)

- [ ] VS0 — **51**
- [ ] VR — **55**
- [ ] VS1 — **62**
- [ ] Short-Field Final (100% flaps) — **65**
- [ ] Normal/Soft-Field Final (100% flaps) — **70**
- [ ] VX — **70**
- [ ] VY — **80**
- [ ] Final (0% flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Base (60% flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Past Abeam (20% flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Downwind — **90**
- [ ] VMax Glide — **90**
  <sub>Glide Ratio = 2.1 NM/1,000’ AGL</sub>
- [ ] Cruise Climb — **100**
- [ ] VFE — **109**
- [ ] VLO/LE — **109**
- [ ] VA — **148**
- [ ] VNO — **152**
- [ ] VNE — **152**

## Crosswind

- [ ] Max Demonstrated — **15**

## Preflight — Front Cockpit

- [ ] Canopy and Windshield — **CHECK**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **0(**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Gear Handle — **DOWN**
- [ ] Emerg Landing Gear Retract Switch — **WIRED OFF**
- [ ] Accelerometer — **RESET**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Controls — **UNLOCKED**
- [ ] Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] ELT — **ARMED**
- [ ] Radio Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Prop — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Battery — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Gauges — **TRUE**
- [ ] Lights — **INTERIOR / EXTERIOR**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **TEST**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Preflight — Rear Cockpit

- [ ] Canopy — **CHECK**
- [ ] Papers — **A.R.O.W.**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Emerg Landing Gear Retract Switch — **WIRED OFF**
- [ ] First Aid Kit — **SECURED**
**If Solo Flight:**
- [ ] Shoulder Harness, seat belt, loose equipment — **SECURED**
- [ ] Canopy — **CLOSED AND LOCKED**

## Preflight — Fuel Samples & Engine Compartment

- [ ] Port Engine Compartment Cowl — **OPEN**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **ON**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Battery — **ON**
- [ ] Engine Fuel Drain Valve — **DRAIN**
- [ ] Fuel Sump — **DRAIN**
- [ ] Main Fuel Strainer — **DRAIN**
- [ ] Fuel Vent Standpipe — **CHECK**
- [ ] Augmentor Tubes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Engine Fuel Drain Valve — **CHECK CLOSED**
- [ ] Oil Level — **9-10 QTS**
- [ ] Engine & Accessories — **CHECK**
- [ ] Left Engine Compartment Cowl — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Right Engine Compartment Cowl — **OPEN**
- [ ] Engine & Accessories — **CHECK**
- [ ] Right Engine Compartment Cowl — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Battery — **CHECK**
- [ ] Drain Jar — **CHECK**

## Preflight — Left Wing

- [ ] Flap — **CHECK**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **CHECK**
- [ ] Static Wick — **CHECK**
- [ ] Aileron — **CHECK**
- [ ] Navigation Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Stall Vane — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tiedown — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Pitot Tube — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK VISUALLY**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Cockpit Air Intake Screen — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Doors — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wheel Well — **CHECK**
- [ ] Uplock Cable & Springs — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Roller — **CHECK**
- [ ] Shock Strut — **CHECK**
  <sub>Approx 3”</sub>
- [ ] Hydraulic Fittings — **CHECK**
- [ ] Brake Assembly — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tire — **CHECK**
  <sub>35 PSI</sub>
- [ ] Chock — **REMOVE**

## Preflight — Nose

- [ ] Chock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Nose Tire — **CHECK**
  <sub>40 PSI</sub>
- [ ] Mud Scraper — **CHECK**
- [ ] Grounding Wire — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Strut — **CHECK**
  <sub>Approx 5”</sub>
- [ ] Shimmy Damper — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Gear Centering Roller — **CHECK**
- [ ] Uplock Mechanism — **CHECK**
- [ ] Air Filter — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Passing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Engine Air Inlets — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Prop/Spinner — **CHECK**

## Preflight — Right Wing

- [ ] Cockpit Air Intake Screen — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK VISUALLY**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Landing Gear Doors — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wheel Well — **CHECK**
- [ ] Uplock Cable & Springs — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Roller — **CHECK**
- [ ] Shock Strut — **CHECK**
  <sub>Approx 3”</sub>
- [ ] Hydraulic Fittings — **CHECK**
- [ ] Brake Assembly — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tire — **CHECK**
  <sub>35 PSI</sub>
- [ ] Chock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Tiedown — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Landing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Navigation Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Aileron — **CHECK**
- [ ] Static Wick — **CHECK**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flap — **CHECK**

## Preflight — Fuselage & Empennage

- [ ] Right Static Port — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Antennas — **CHECK**
- [ ] Left Elevator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tiedown — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Rudder — **CHECK**
- [ ] Navigation Light — **SECURE**
- [ ] Static Wicks — **CHECK**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **CHECK**
- [ ] Right Elevator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Left Static Port — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Baggage Door — **LATCHED**

## Prestart

- [ ] Hobbs/Tach Time — **RECORDED**
- [ ] Passenger Brief — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seat and Rudder Pedals — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Harness — **FASTEN**
- [ ] Inertial Reel Lock — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wing Flap Lever — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **IN**
- [ ] Generator — **ON**
- [ ] Cockpit Air Handles — **SET**
- [ ] Landing Gear Emergency Handcrank — **KNOB UP & LOCKED**
- [ ] Anti-Collision Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Navigation Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**

## Start

- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Battery — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **CHECK**
**Prime if engine cold:**
    - [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
    - [ ] Throttle — **OPEN 5 SEC**
    - [ ] Throttle — **¼” OPEN**
    - [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Prop — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Mags — **BOTH**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Mixture — **SLOWLY TO RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1200 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Generator Warning Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Voltage — **CHECK**
  <sub>27.7-28.8V</sub>
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**

## Pre-Taxi

- [ ] Radio Master — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **CYCLED & UP**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **SET 6( R, 3( UP, 0( AILERON**
- [ ] Landing Gear Warning Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Indicators — **DOWN**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **NOTED**
- [ ] Avionics — **ON / SET**
- [ ] Transponder — **CODE / STANDBY**
- [ ] Clock — **SET**
- [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] VSI — **CHECK**
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS — **COPY**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET / CHECK**
- [ ] Taxi Light — **AS REQUIRED**

## Taxi

- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Turn-and-Slip Indicator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Magnetic Compass — **CHECK**

## Run-Up

- [ ] Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Oil Temp — **CHECK**
**If Oil Temp < 40( C:**
    - [ ] Oil Bypass — **PULL**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Mixture — **BEST POWER**
- [ ] Throttle — **1,800 RPM**
- [ ] Prop — **CYCLE 6 TIMES (4 if warm)**
- [ ] Prop Governor — **CHECK**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Throttle — **2,000 RPM**
- [ ] Mags (R & L) — **CHECK**
  <sub>100 RPM max drop, 50 RPM max differential</sub>
- [ ] Alternate Air — **CHECK**
  <sub>Approx ½” MP drop</sub>
- [ ] Throttle — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
  <sub>15-20 PSI</sub>
- [ ] Vacuum — **CHECK**
- [ ] Generator — **CHECK**
  <sub>27.7-28.8V & Light Out</sub>
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Oil Temperature — **CHECK**
- [ ] Oil Bypass — **IN**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSED**
  <sub>600-750 RPM</sub>
- [ ] Throttle — **1,000 RPM**

## Takeoff

- [ ] Anti-Collision Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Caps — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **SET 6( R, 3( UP, 0( AILERON**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Generator — **OPERATING**
- [ ] Instruments — **CHECKED & SET**
- [ ] Mixture — **BEST POWER**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Mags — **BOTH**
- [ ] Flaps — **SET (0-75%)**
- [ ] Harness — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Canopy — **LOCKED (front may be locked open)**
- [ ] Radio — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
**Cleared for takeoff**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALTITUDE**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL (2375 RPM minimum)**

## After Takeoff

- [ ] Landing Gear — **UP**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Caps — **SECURE**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **AS DESIRED**

## Airspeeds — Climb (MPH IAS)

- [ ] VR — **55**
- [ ] VX — **70**
- [ ] VY — **80**
- [ ] Cruise Climb — **100**

## Cruise

- [ ] Landing Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **SET**
- [ ] Prop — **SET**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **CHECK**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**

## Approach

- [ ] Mixture — **RICHEN AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS — **COPY**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Avionics — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **CHECK**
- [ ] Brakes — **PEDAL TEST**
- [ ] Harness — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**

## Landing

- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **IN**
- [ ] Mixture — **BEST POWER**
- [ ] Harness — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Landing Gear — **DOWN**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**

## Airspeeds — Landing Pattern (MPH IAS)

- [ ] Downwind — **90**
- [ ] Past Abeam (20% flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Base (60% flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Final (0° flaps) — **80**
- [ ] Normal/Soft-Field Final (100% flaps) — **70**
- [ ] Short-Field Final (100% flaps) — **65**

## After Landing

- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Taxi Light — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Shutdown

- [ ] Throttle — **1,000 RPM**
- [ ] Mags — **GROUNDING CHECK**
- [ ] Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] Radio Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Prop — **CHECK STOPPED**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Securing

- [ ] Hobbs/Tach Time — **RECORDED**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Rudder Pedals — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Chocks — **INSTALL**
- [ ] Tiedowns — **SECURE**
- [ ] Baggage Door — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Canopy — **CLOSED**

## Flooded Engine (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Mixture — **FULL LEAN**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Mags — **START**
**When engine fires:**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1,200 RPM**

## Ground Burnout (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **2,000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN TO 50 RPM DROP BELOW BEST POWER**
**After 1 minute:**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Mags — **RECHECK**

## Radio Failure (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Volume — **CHECK**
- [ ] Headset Connection — **CHECK**
- [ ] Audio Controls — **CHECK**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK**
- [ ] Frequency — **SWITCH**
- [ ] Transponder — **7600**
> **NOTE:** If failure occurs in VFR conditions, or VFR conditions are encountered after failure, continue flight under VFR and land as soon as practicable.
**VFR Landing at a Controlled Field:**
- [ ] Remain outside or above Class D airspace until traffic flow determined.
- [ ] Transmit intentions “in the blind” advising tower of aircraft type, position, altitude, and intention to land.
- [ ] Enter pattern, report position “in the blind”, and watch for light signals from tower.
> **NOTE:** If failure occurs in IFR conditions, continue flight according to the following:
- [ ] Route to Fly (in order): (AVE. F) — **A – Assigned, V – Vectored, E – Expected, F – Filed**
- [ ] Altitude (highest of for the route segment being flown): (MEA) — **M – Minimum IFR Altitude, E – Expected as Advised by ATC, A – Assigned by ATC**
> **NOTE:** Descent for Approach: From enroute altitude upon reaching the IAF but not before: 1. Expect-further-clearance time (if given) 2. ETA as calculated from filed ETE

## ATC Light Signals

- [ ] Steady Green — On Deck — **Cleared for Takeoff**
- [ ] Steady Green — Airborne — **Cleared to Land**
- [ ] Flashing Green — On Deck — **Cleared for Taxi**
- [ ] Flashing Green — Airborne — **Return for Landing (to be followed by steady green)**
- [ ] Steady Red — On Deck — **STOP**
- [ ] Steady Red — Airborne — **Give way to other aircraft and continue circling**
- [ ] Flashing Red — On Deck — **Taxi clear of runway in use**
- [ ] Flashing Red — Airborne — **Airport Unsafe – DO NOT LAND**
- [ ] Flashing White — On Deck — **Return to starting point on airport**
- [ ] Flashing White — Airborne — **Not Applicable**
- [ ] Alternating Red and Green — On Deck — **Exercise extreme caution**
- [ ] Alternating Red and Green — Airborne — **Exercise extreme caution**
> **NOTE:** Acknowledge all light signals by flashing landing light and/or rocking wings.

## Abort (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Brakes — **AS REQUIRED**

## Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **90 KIAS (flaps UP)**
- [ ] Gear — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery & Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**

## Complete Engine Failure During Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **90 KIAS (gear & flaps UP)**
  <sub>Glide Ratio = 2.1 NM/1,000’ AGL</sub>
**If Airstart Warranted:**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **ON**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Mags — **CHECK ALL**
- [ ] Battery — **ON**
> **WARNING:** When the condition of the landing surface is in doubt, it is recommended that the landing gear remain in the up position.

## Forced Landing (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **90 KIAS (gear & flaps UP)**
- [ ] Squawk — **7700**
- [ ] Emergency — **DECLARE**
- [ ] ELT — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Prop — **LOW RPM (pull aft)**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Gear — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Generator — **OFF**
- [ ] Harness — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**

## Engine Roughness (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Alternate Air — **ON**
**If roughness continues after 1 min:**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADJUST FOR MAX SMOOTHNESS**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **CHECK**
- [ ] Mags — **L then R then BOTH**
- [ ] Mags — **SMOOTHEST SETTING**
- [ ] Power — **REDUCE**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT — **LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT**

## High Oil Temperature (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Power — **REDUCE**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Airspeed — **INCREASE**
**If high temp persists:**
- [ ] Land — **LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT**

## Loss of Oil Pressure (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Oil Temp — **CHECK**
- [ ] Power — **REDUCE**
**If oil temp shows rise, engine failure imminent:**
- [ ] Forced Landing — **EXECUTE**
**If oil temp does not show rise:**
- [ ] Land — **LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT**

## Prop Governor Failure (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Throttle — **REDUCE**
- [ ] CLIMB TO LOAD PROP
- [ ] Prop — **ADJUST TO RESTORE GOVERNING**
- [ ] Land — **LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

## Engine Fire During Starting (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Starter — **CONTINUE CRANKING**
**If no start:**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Engine Fire on Ground (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Engine Fire in Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Gear — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Generator — **OFF**

## Electrical Fire (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Generator — **OFF**

## Wing Fire (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Battery — **OFF**
- [ ] Generator — **OFF**
- [ ] Sideslip — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Forced Landing — **EXECUTE**

## Smoke and Fumes in Cockpit (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **REDUCE**
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**
- [ ] Cockpit Air Handles — **FULL OUT**

## Generator Failure (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Generator — **OFF**
- [ ] Nonessential Electrical Equipment — **SECURE**

## Vacuum System Failure (EMERGENCY)

**If VMC:**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator & Heading Indicator — **COVER**
- [ ] Maintain VMC
**If IMC:**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator & Heading Indicator — **COVER**
- [ ] Fly using Turn-and-Slip Indicator, Altimeter, and Airspeed Indicator
- [ ] Declare — **EMERGENCY**

## Inoperative Trim (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Power — **AS REQUIRED**

## Flap Malfunction (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Circuit Breaker — **CHECK / RESET**
**If breaker pops again:**
- [ ] Flaps — **LEAVE WHERE SET**

## Structural Icing (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **ON**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL INCREASE**
- [ ] Mixture — **BEST POWER**
- [ ] Cabin Heat — **MAX DEFROST**
- [ ] Exit Icing Conditions — **EXIT ICING CONDITIONS**
**If landing with structural icing:**
- [ ] Flaps — **LEAVE UP**

## Landing Gear Emergency Extension (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Landing Gear Circuit Breaker — **PULL**
- [ ] Gear Handle — **DOWN**
- [ ] Clutch Knob — **UNLOCK**
- [ ] Clutch Knob — **PUSH DOWN**
- [ ] Emergency Landing Gear Crank — **CRANK UNTIL CANNOT CRANK FURTHER**
**If performed for training:**
- [ ] Clutch Knob — **PUSH UP**
- [ ] Clutch Knob — **LOCK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Circuit Breaker — **RESET**

## Landing Gear Emergencies (EMERGENCY)

> **NOTE:** If the gear cannot be lowered successfully, proceed with the emergency procedures for the appropriate gear malfunction.
> **CAUTION:** • If an unsafe gear indication existed and the gear have been successfully lowered, do not attempt to raise the gear. • Raising the gear after a malfunction could cause further damage.

## Landing with Gear Up (EMERGENCY)

> **NOTE:** If the gear fails to extend, a wheels-up landing can be made on either hard or soft ground; however a hard surface is preferable. To accomplish a gear-up landing, proceed as follows:
- [ ] Flaps — **FULL  (normal approach)**
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**
- [ ] Harness — **LOCKED**
**After touchdown:**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Landing with One Main Gear Retracted (EMERGENCY)

> **NOTE:** Gear up landing is preferred to a landing with one main gear retracted.
- [ ] Have gear position checked visually by another pilot or by the tower.
- [ ] If verified that one gear is not fully extended and an attempt to retract is unsuccessful, execute a normal approach with full flaps and power on to reduce landing speed, carrying the wing slightly lower on the down-and-locked side.
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**
- [ ] Harness — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Touch down smoothly on the down-and-locked gear. Hold the opposite wing up with aileron as long as possible after the nosewheel touches down.
- [ ] When wingtip strikes the ground, apply maximum opposite brake pressure.
**As soon as aircraft stops:**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Landing with Nose Gear Retracted (EMERGENCY)

> **NOTE:** Should the nose gear fail to extend fully:
- [ ] Flaps — **FULL**
- [ ] Airspeed — **70 KIAS**
- [ ] Make gentle pitching oscillations to swing nose gear into down position.
- [ ] When landing, smoothly apply full forward stick to maintain pressure on the nose gear.
> **NOTE:** Should the nose gear fail to extend:
- [ ] Make a normal approach.
- [ ] Canopy — **OPEN**
- [ ] After touching main wheels down, hold the nose up as long as possible with full nose-down elevator trim and full backstick.
**Before the nose settles onto the ground:**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve Handle — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery — **OFF**

## Landing with a Flat Main Tire (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Approach — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Flaps — **FULL**
- [ ] Touchdown — **GOOD TIRE FIRST**
- [ ] Hold airplane off flat tire as long as possible
- [ ] Maintain directional control using good-tire brake

## Landing with a Flat Nose Tire (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Approach — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Touchdown — **ON MAINS**
- [ ] Hold nosewheel off ground as long as possible
- [ ] When nosewheel touches down — **FULL UP ELEVATOR**

## Spin Recovery (EMERGENCY)

**Memory Aid: PARE**
- [ ] Power `MEMORY` — **Idle**
- [ ] Ailerons `MEMORY` — **Neutral**
- [ ] Rudder `MEMORY` — **Full opposite rotation direction**
- [ ] Stick `MEMORY` — **Full increase with neutral ailerons**
- [ ] Rudder — **Neutral when rotation stops**
- [ ] Stick — **Pull smoothly from dive**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Beechcraft/T-34B Mentor/T-34BChecklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: e2b36fa98822e54b62c757ede13478701996d73894038b058f97b6d23b9cfc2c  
Verify against the aircraft's own approved documentation before use.