# Cessna 172P Skyhawk — TFA_Cessna_172P_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 21); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Cruise" item count differs between passes (8 vs 11); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Preflight Inspection" item count differs between passes (56 vs 58); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Short Field Take Off" item count differs between passes (11 vs 12); verify nothing was dropped.

## V Speed Review

- [ ] Max Cross Wind — **15 KIAS**
- [ ] Vso — **33 KIAS**
- [ ] Vs1 — **44 KIAS**
- [ ] Vx — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Best Glide — **65 KIAS**
- [ ] Vy — **76 KIAS**
- [ ] Va — **82-99 KIAS**
- [ ] Vfe 20° & + — **85 KIAS**
- [ ] Vfe 10° — **110 KIAS**
- [ ] Vno — **127 KIAS**
- [ ] Vne — **158 KIAS**

## Preflight Inspection

**Cabin**
- [ ] A.R.O.W.& Mtc. Docs. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Hobbs Meter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Control Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Master (look prop is clear) — **ON**
- [ ] Avionics Power — **ON/FAN/OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity Indicators — **CHECK**
- [ ] Lights & Pitot Heat — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flaps — **30°**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternate Static — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Baggage Door — **CHECK**
**Empennage**
- [ ] Rudder Gust Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Fuselage — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tail Tie Down — **UNTIE**
- [ ] Elevator — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] Rudder — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] VOR Antennas — **CHECK**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **CHECK**
**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 — **CHECK SECURE**
**Nose**
- [ ] Engine Oil — **5-7 Qts. Min/Max (N63022 6-8 Qts. Min/Max)**
- [ ] Fuel Strainer — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Belly Quick Drain — **SAMPLE (N52950 No Belly Quick Drain Avail.)**
- [ ] Propeller & Spinner — **CHECK**
- [ ] Air Intakes — **FREE & OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Air Filter — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Landing Light — **SECURE**
- [ ] Nose Wheel & Strut — **CHECK**
- [ ] Static Port — **OPEN**
**Left Wing**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **CHECK SECURE**
- [ ] Main Wheel Tire — **INFLATED**
- [ ] Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Pitot Tube & Drain — **FREE**
- [ ] Stall Warning Opening — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Vent — **OPEN**
- [ ] Wing Tie Down — **UNTIE**
- [ ] Aileron — **FREE & SECURE**
- [ ] Flap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Skin/Tip/Lights — **CHECK**

## Before Starting Engine

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

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN ¼ INCH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Beacon — **ON**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START**
- [ ] Throttle — **SMOOTH IDLE**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP & VERIFIED**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Avionics Master / Avionics — **ON**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Brakes — **SET & HOLD**
- [ ] Doors & Windows — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Trim — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Flight Instr. — **SET & CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Mags — **RT/BOTH/LEFT/BOTH; Max 125 Drop & 50 Diff.**
- [ ] Carb. Heat — **ON/CHECK/OFF**
- [ ] Engine Instr. — **GREEN/NORM**
- [ ] Ammeter/Alternator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Suction Gauge — **CHECK**
- [ ] Throttle — **SMOOTH IDLE**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **AS REQ (FOR WX & RNWY COND.)**
- [ ] Comm./Nav. Radios — **SET**
- [ ] Strobe Lights (if installed) — **ON**
- [ ] Throttle Lock — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Flaps — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**

## Taking Runway

> **NOTE:** MEMORY ITEMS – CALCAT
- [ ] Clearance — **RECEIVED T.O. or P.& H.**
- [ ] Approach End — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Camera — **TRANSPONDER ALT**
- [ ] Action — **D.G. TO RNWY HDG**
- [ ] Time — **OFF TAKE**

## Normal Takeoff

- [ ] Flaps — **0° - 10°**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF/COLD**
- [ ] Airspeed — **ALIVE**
- [ ] Eng. Instr. — **GREEN/NORM.**
- [ ] Lift Nose Wheel — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **70 – 80 KIAS**

## Soft Field Take Off

- [ ] Elevator Control — **FULL AFT**
- [ ] Flaps — **10°**
- [ ] Taxi — **KEEP ROLLING**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF/COLD**
- [ ] Airspeed — **ALIVE**
- [ ] Eng. Instr. — **GREEN/NORM.**
- [ ] Lift Off — **AS SOON AS PRACTICAL**
- [ ] Accelerate In Ground Effect — **TO Vx OR Vy**
- [ ] Flaps (Over Obstacle & Vy+) — **UP**

## Short Field Take Off

- [ ] Flaps — **10°**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF/COLD**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH (above 3000’ Lean Max RPMs)**
- [ ] Engine Instr. — **GREEN/NORM**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Airspeed — **ALIVE**
- [ ] Lift Nose — **APPROX. 55 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **56 KIAS**
- [ ] Over Obstacle — **ACCELERATE TO Vy & THEN FLAPS UP**

## Enroute Climb

- [ ] Airspeed — **70 – 85 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH OR AS REQ.**

## Cruise

- [ ] Attitude — **ESTABLISH**
- [ ] Power — **ADJUST 65% 2400 RPM (upon reaching desired airspeed)**
- [ ] Trim — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **AS REQ (ON WHENEVER IN RAIN, SNOW, OR VISIBLE MOISTURE)**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN AS REQ (50° Less Peak EGT If Installed)**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **OPEN**
- [ ] Co. Frequency — **MONITOR 129.25 WHENEVER ABLE**

## Descent

- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON/HOT**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ**

## Before Landing

> **NOTE:** ALOUD ALL TRAINING FLIGHTS SOLO OR DUAL SEVERAL TIMES
- [ ] Carb. Heat — **VERIFIED ON**
- [ ] Gas (Fuel Valve) — **BOTH**
- [ ] Undercarriage (Fixed) — **DOWN**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Primer — **IN & LOCKED**
- [ ] Seatbelts / Switches — **CHECK**

## Normal Landings

- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Airspeed (with flaps) — **60-70 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Braking — **MIN REQ**

## Soft Field Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **30°**
- [ ] Short Final — **61 KIAS**
- [ ] Touchdown — **NOSE HIGH**
- [ ] Throttle — **IF/OR AS REQ**
- [ ] Nose Wheel — **HOLD OFF**
- [ ] Elevator — **FULL AFT FOR TAXI**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ/RNWY COND.**

## Short Field Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **65 - 75 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **30°**
- [ ] Airspeed — **MAINTAIN 61 KIAS (Until Flare)**
- [ ] Clearing Obstacle — **THROTTLE REDUCE TO IDLE AT TOUCHDOWN**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Go Around

- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD/OFF**
- [ ] Flaps 20° — **IMMEDIATELY**
- [ ] Airspeed — **INCREASING**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT SLOWLY**

## After Landing

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Transponder — **OFF/1200**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Taxi Clearance — **OBTAIN**

## Securing Airplane

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

## Emergency Checklist — Fires (EMERGENCY)

**Engine Fire During Start**
- [ ] Cranking — **CONTINUE**
**IF ENGINE STARTS**
- [ ] Power — **1700 RPM/1 MIN.**
- [ ] Engine — **SHUTDOWN/INSPECT**
**ENGINE FAILS TO START**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Cranking — **CONTINUE**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Fire Extinguisher — **OBTAIN/EXT.**
- [ ] Fire Damage — **INSPECT**
**Engine Fire During Flight**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Heat & Air — **OFF (except overhead vents)**
- [ ] Airspeed — **100 KIAS**
> **NOTE:** If fire is not extinguished, increase airspeed to an incombustible mixture.
- [ ] Forced Landing — **EXECUTE**
**Wing Fire**
- [ ] Nav/Strobe/Landing Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Perform — **SIDE SLIP AWAY FROM THE FUEL TANK AND CABIN**
**Electrical Fire In Flight**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Switches (except Ignition) — **OFF**
- [ ] Vents/Cabin Air/Heat — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Extinguisher — **ACTIVATE**
- [ ] Fire Out — **VENTILATE CABIN**
> **NOTE:** IF FIRE OUT & ELECTRIC IS NECESSARY FOR CONTINUED FLIGHT (i.e. I.F.R.& I.M.C.) THEN:
- [ ] Master — **ON**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHK/NO RESET**
- [ ] All Radio Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Radio/Elect. Switches — **ON ONE AT A TIME, WITH DELAY UNTIL FAULT FOUND**

## Engine Failure Takeoff Run (EMERGENCY)

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

## Engine Failure After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

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

## Engine Failure During Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed Best Glide — **65 KIAS**
- [ ] Best Place To Land — **TURN TO**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **CHECK BOTH/OR START IF PROP IS STOPPED**
- [ ] Primer — **IN & LOCKED**
- [ ] Trouble Shoot — **MAGS CYCLE THROTTLE PUMP**
**Unable To Re-start:**
- [ ] Declare May Day — **ATC or 121.5**
- [ ] 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 REQ**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF LAST**
- [ ] Touchdown — **TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Precautionary Landing With Engine Power (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **20°**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Doors — **UNLATCH**
- [ ] Touchdown — **TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Electrical Malfunction (EMERGENCY)

**OVER VOLTAGE CONDITION**
- [ ] Alternator — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternator Circuit Breaker — **PULL**
- [ ] Nonessential electrical equip — **OFF**
- [ ] Flight — **TERMINATE AS SOON AS PRACTICAL**
**LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION**
- [ ] Avionics / Electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternator Circuit Breaker — **IN**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Low Voltage Light — **CHECK OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **ON**
> **NOTE:** If low voltage light illuminates again:
- [ ] Alternator — **OFF**
- [ ] Nonessential elect. equip — **OFF**
- [ ] Flight — **TERMINATE AS SOON AS PRACTICAL**

## Cold & Cool Weather Ops

> **NOTE:** A preheated engine is required before starting during cool, cold, or winter operations. Ensure oil temp. is in the green or is moving before engine run-up and mag checks are attempted.

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/172P Skyhawk/TFA_Cessna_172P_Checklist_2004-01.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 0c55c506747c70b4a83f0276d512999733ee9b80c081ba107bc5fc3048ef51e2  
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