# Cessna 152 — TFA_Cessna_152_Checklist_2004-01

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Before Takeoff" item count differs between passes (19 vs 20); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Starting Engine" item count differs between passes (14 vs 15); verify nothing was dropped.

## Preflight Inspection Cockpit

- [ ] A.R.O.W. Documents — **CHECK**
- [ ] Hobbs Meter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Control Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Master (look prop is clear) — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flaps — **30 DEGREES**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **ON**

## Preflight Inspection Fuselage & Empennage

- [ ] Rudder Gust Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Fuselage — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tail Tie Down — **UNTIE**
- [ ] Elevator — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] Rudder — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] VOR Antennas — **CHECK**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **CHECK**

## Preflight Inspection Right Wing

- [ ] Flap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Aileron — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] Skin/Tip/Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wing Tie Down — **UNTIE**
- [ ] Main Wheel Tire — **INFLATED**
- [ ] Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**

## Preflight Inspection Nose

- [ ] Engine Oil — **4-6 QUARTS**
- [ ] Fuel Strainer — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Belly Quick Drain — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Propeller & Spinner — **CHECK**
- [ ] Air Intakes — **FREE & OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Air Filter — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Landing Light — **SECURE**
- [ ] Nose Wheel & Strut — **CHECK**
- [ ] Static Port — **OPEN**

## Preflight Inspection Left Wing

- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Main Wheel Tire — **INFLATED**
- [ ] Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Pitot Tube & Drain — **FREE**
- [ ] Stall Warning Opening — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Vent — **OPEN**
- [ ] Wing Tie Down — **UNTIE**
- [ ] Skin/Tip/Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Aileron — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] Flap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**

## Before Starting Engine

- [ ] Preflight — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Passenger Brief — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seat/Seat Belts — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **ON**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET & HOLD**

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN 1/2 INCH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Beacon — **CHECK ON**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START**
- [ ] Throttle — **SMOOTH IDLE**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON or OFF FOR WX & RNWY CONDITION**
- [ ] Comm.Radio/Xpdr. — **ON/STBY**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP & VERIFIED**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Brakes — **SET & HOLD**
- [ ] Doors & Windows — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Trim — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Flight Instr. — **SET & CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Mags — **RT/BOTH/LEFT/BOTH**
    > **NOTE:** Magnetos drop should not exceed 125 RPM or 50 RPM differential between magnetos
- [ ] Carb. Heat — **ON/CHECK/OFF**
- [ ] Engine Instr. — **GREEN / NORM**
- [ ] Ammeter / Alternator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Suction Gauge — **CHECK**
- [ ] Throttle — **SMOOTH IDLE**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON or OFF FOR WX & RNWY CONDITION**
- [ ] Comm./Nav. Radios — **SET**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Throttle Lock — **TIGHTEN**

## Taking Runway

> **NOTE:** Do prior to or by memory
- [ ] Clearance Received — **TAKE OFF or POSITION & HOLD**
- [ ] Approach End — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Camera — **TRANSPONDER ALT**
- [ ] Action — **D.G. TO RNWY HDG**
- [ ] Time Off — **TAKEN**

## Normal Take Off

- [ ] Flaps — **0 DEGREES**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Airspeed/Eng. Instr. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Rotate — **50 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **65-75 KIAS**

## Soft Field Take Off

- [ ] Yoke — **FULL AFT**
- [ ] Flaps — **10 DEGREES**
- [ ] Taxi — **KEEP ROLLING**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Airspeed/Eng. Instr. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Lift Off — **SAFE AIRSPEED**
- [ ] Accelerate — **Vx = 55 or Vy = 67**
- [ ] Flaps (Over Obstacle Vy+) — **UP**

## Short Field Take Off

- [ ] Flaps — **10 DEGREES**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Engine Instr. — **GREEN/NORM**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Rotate — **54 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **54 KIAS**
- [ ] Over Obstacle — **67 KIAS & FLAPS UP**

## Enroute Climb

- [ ] Airspeed — **70-80 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH OR AS REQ.**

## Cruise

- [ ] Airspeed — **ESTABLISHED**
- [ ] Power 65% — **2300 RPM**
- [ ] Trim — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **OPEN**
- [ ] Company Freq. — **MONITOR**

## Descent

- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Landing Light — **VERIFY ON**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Carb. Heat — **VERIFY ON**
- [ ] Gas (Fuel Valve) — **ON**
- [ ] Undercarriage (Fixed) — **DOWN**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Primer — **IN & LOCKED**
- [ ] Seatbelts / Switches — **CHECK**

## Normal Landings

- [ ] Airspeed — **60-70 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **EXTENDED AS REQ.**
- [ ] Airspeed (w/flaps) — **55-65 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ. TO RNWY**
- [ ] Throttle — **TO IDLE ON RNWY**
- [ ] Directional Control — **MAINTAIN**

## Soft Field Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **60-70 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **30 DEGREES**
- [ ] Short Final — **54-60 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Touchdown — **NOSE HIGH**
- [ ] Nose Wheel — **HOLD OFF**
- [ ] Elevator — **FULL AFT FOR TAXI**

## Short Field Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **60-70 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **30 DEGREES**
- [ ] Final — **MAINTAIN 54 KIAS**
- [ ] Power — **REDUCE TO IDLE**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Go Around

- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD/OFF**
- [ ] Flaps 20° — **IMMEDIATELY**
- [ ] Airspeed — **INCREASING**
- [ ] Flaps Up Increments — **10° & 0°**

## After Landing

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Transponder — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Taxi Clearance — **OBTAIN**

## Engine Shutdown & Securing Airplane

- [ ] Avionics/Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights (except beacon) — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **MIN. 1000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Ignition (prop stopped) — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Control Lock — **INSTALL**
- [ ] Tie Down Aircraft — **SECURELY**
- [ ] Hobbs — **RECORD**
- [ ] Post-flight Inspection — **DO**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSE**

## Engine Fire During Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Heat/Air `MEMORY` — **OFF/CLOSED**
- [ ] Airspeed — **85 KIAS**
    > **NOTE:** If fire is not extinguished, increase glide to an airspeed that provides an incombustible mixture
- [ ] Forced Landing — **EXECUTE**

## Electrical Fire In Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Master Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Switches (except Ignition) — **OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Heat / Vents — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Extinguisher — **ACTIVATE**
- [ ] Fire Out — **VENTILATE CABIN**

## Engine Failure — Takeoff Run (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Throttle `MEMORY` — **IDLE**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**

## Engine Failure — After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Best Glide `MEMORY` — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**

## Engine Failure — During Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — Best Glide `MEMORY` — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Best Place To Land — **TURN TO**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **ON BOTH / OR START IF PROP. IS STOPPED**
- [ ] Primer — **IN & LOCKED**
- [ ] Trouble Shoot — **MAGS CYCLE, THROTTLE PUMP**
> **NOTE:** Unable To Re-start:
- [ ] Declare May Day — **121.5 or ATC**
- [ ] Squawk — **7700**

## Forced Landing Without Engine Power (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **65 KIAS FLAPS UP / 60 KIAS FLAP DOWN**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Doors — **UNLATCH**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF LAST**
- [ ] Touchdown — **TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Precautionary Landing w/Engine Power (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Selected Field — **FLY OVER**
    > **NOTE:** Note any obstacles
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **30 DEGREES**
- [ ] Airspeed — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Doors — **UNLATCH**
- [ ] Touchdown — **TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Electrical Malfunction (ABNORMAL)

**OVER VOLTAGE CONDITION**
- [ ] Alternator — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternator Circuit Breaker — **PULL**
- [ ] Nonessential Electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Flight — **TERMINATE as soon as practical**
**LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION**
- [ ] Avionics / Electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternator Circuit Breaker — **IN**
- [ ] Master — **OFF BOTH SIDES**
- [ ] Master — **ON**
- [ ] Voltage Light — **CHECK OFF**
> **NOTE:** If low-voltage light illuminates again
- [ ] Alternator — **OFF**
- [ ] Nonessential Electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Flight — **TERMINATE as soon as practical**

## Wing Fire (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Nav Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Strobe Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Perform — **SIDE SLIP AWAY FROM THE FUEL TANK AND CABIN**

## Engine Fire During Start (EMERGENCY)

*Engine fire during start*

- [ ] Cranking — **CONTINUE**
> **NOTE:** IF ENGINE STARTS
- [ ] Power — **1700 RPM/1 MIN.**
- [ ] Engine — **SHUTDOWN**
- [ ] Airplane — **INSPECT**
> **NOTE:** ENGINE FAILS TO START
- [ ] Cranking — **CONTINUE**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Damage Inspection — **DO**

## Operating Information

**BEST GLIDE 60 KIAS**
**Vx 55 KIAS**
**Vy 67 KIAS**
**Va 93-104 KIAS**
**Vne 149 KIAS**
**Vno 111 KIAS**
**Vfe 85 KIAS**
**LOCAL FREQUENCIES**
> **NOTE:** All take flight aircraft are required to monitor company frequency when in range and able to do so.
> **NOTE:** Take Flight Alaska 129.25
> **NOTE:** Merrill ATIS 123.7
> **NOTE:** Merrill Ground 121.7
> **NOTE:** Merrill Tower 126.0/127.55
> **NOTE:** Anchorage Appch. N119.1/S126.4
> **NOTE:** Big Lake/Willow/Wasilla 122.8
> **NOTE:** Goose Bay 122.9
> **NOTE:** Birchwood 123.0
> **NOTE:** Cool/Cold Engine T.F.A. Policy: Ensure either oil temp. is in the green or moving prior to engine run ups, mag. checks and prior to flight. Pre-heating a cold engine is required before starting during winter operations.

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/152/TFA_Cessna_152_Checklist_2004-01.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: a57f93c1b620ebda569583069edde938f9a2680b2151be0eea4c07d318f81ad5  
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