# Cessna 152 — Matthew_Kudija_Cessna_152_NORMAL_PROCEDURES

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

> **content_gap**: Section "After Takeoff" item count differs between passes (9 vs 3); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Before Taxi" item count differs between passes (5 vs 4); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Engine Start" item count differs between passes (21 vs 20); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Landing" item count differs between passes (16 vs 15); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Maneuvers" item count differs between passes (27 vs 23); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Takeoff" item count differs between passes (34 vs 31); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Taxiing" item count differs between passes (3 vs 2); verify nothing was dropped.

## Engine Start

**Before Starting**
- [ ] Preflight — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seat Position — **LOCK**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff — **ON**
- [ ] Radios — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**

**Starting Engine**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Primer — **PRIME**
- [ ] Throttle — **¼”**
- [ ] Master — **ON**
- [ ] Beacon — **ON**
- [ ] Radios — **OFF**
- [ ] Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Press — **IN GREEN**

## Before Taxi

- [ ] ATIS — **120.6**
- [ ] Transponder — **SBY**
- [ ] Nav Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**

## Taxiing

- [ ] Clearance — **121.6**
- [ ] Controls — **SET FOR WIND**
- [ ] Brakes — **STOP TO CHECK**

## Takeoff

**Before Takeoff**
- [ ] Cabin Doors — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Windows — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **CORRECT**
- [ ] Elevator Trim — **T.O.**
- [ ] Flight Inst. — **ALT, COMPASS**
- [ ] Comm/VOR — **SET**
- [ ] All Lights — **ON**

**Run Up**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Throttle — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Mags — **CHECK**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **ON>OFF**
- [ ] Vacuum — **IN GREEN**
- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **ON>OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Friction Lock — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Alternator — **OFF>ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**

**Takeoff**
- [ ] Tower — **124.0**
- [ ] Strobe — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Elevator Trim — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indic — **SET**
- [ ] Engine Instrum — **CK**
- [ ] Rotate — **50**
- [ ] Climb — **65-75**

## After Takeoff

- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
**At Cruise**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Attitude — **LEVEL**
- [ ] Airspeed — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Heading Indic — **ALIGN**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN ABOVE 3000’**

## Landing

**Pre-Landing**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff — **ON**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Downwind — **70**
- [ ] Final — **60-70**

**Post-Landing**
- [ ] Clear of Runway
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Elevator Trim — **TO**
- [ ] Transponder — **SBY**
- [ ] Strobe — **OFF**

## Engine Shutdown

- [ ] Radios — **ALL OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Ignition — **OFF**
- [ ] All Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**

## Securing Airplane

- [ ] Control Lock — **SET**
- [ ] Tiedowns — **ON**
- [ ] Electrical — **ALL OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSE**

## Maneuvers

**Before Maneuvers**
- [ ] Clear Area
- [ ] Altitude — **1500 AGL**
- [ ] Configure

**Slow Flight/Stalls**
- [ ] Power/Carb Heat
- [ ] Pitch
- [ ] Flaps

**Stall Recovery**
- [ ] Power/Carb Heat
- [ ] Pitch for Horizon
- [ ] Flaps Up

**Safe Flight Checklist**
- [ ] Pilot
- [ ] Aircraft
- [ ] Weather
- [ ] Stress
- [ ] I — **ILLNESS**
- [ ] M — **MEDICATION**

- [ ] S — **STRESS**
- [ ] A — **ALCOHOL**
- [ ] F — **FATIGUE**
- [ ] E — **EMOTION**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/152/Matthew_Kudija_Cessna_152_NORMAL_PROCEDURES.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: a18f8ce97a92c56fb66c1c6b14005ffd330ecf1b27c5ed5e02f7a0962efd50f0  
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