# Cessna 172RG Skyhawk — TFA_Cessna_172RG_Checklist_Normal_2004-02

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Before Takeoff" item count differs between passes (20 vs 21); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Radio Frequencies" item count differs between passes (10 vs 9); verify nothing was dropped.

## Speeds

- [ ] BEST GLIDE — **73 KIAS**
- [ ] Vr — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Vx — **67 KIAS**
- [ ] Vy — **84 KIAS**
- [ ] Vne — **164 KIAS**
- [ ] Vno — **145 KIAS**
- [ ] Vso — **42 KIAS**
- [ ] Vlo — **140 KIAS**
- [ ] Vle — **164 KIAS**
- [ ] Va — **89-106 KIAS**
- [ ] Vfe — **130-100 KIAS**
- [ ] Max Crosswind — **15 KIAS**

## Radio Frequencies

- [ ] Take Flight — **129.25**
> **NOTE:** (monitor when able)
- [ ] Merrill ATIS — **123.70**
- [ ] Merrill Ground — **121.70**
- [ ] Merrill Tower — **126.00**
- [ ] Anch Appch — **N 119.1/S 126.4**
- [ ] Elmendorf Tower — **127.2**
- [ ] Big Lake/Willow/Wasilla — **122.8**
- [ ] Goose Bay — **122.9**
- [ ] Birchwood — **123.0**

## Cold Weather Ops

> **NOTE:** Ensure oil temp is in the green or moving before engine run-up/mag check and prior to flight. Preheating a cold engine is required before starting during winter operations.

## Preflight Inspection - Cabin

- [ ] AROW/100hr/Mtc — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Lever — **DOWN**
- [ ] Hobbs Meter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Control Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Qty — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Gear Light — **ON**
- [ ] Av. Cooling Fan — **CHECK**
- [ ] Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flaps — **30(**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Alt Static Source — **OFF**
- [ ] Baggage Door — **CHECK**

## Preflight Inspection - Empennage

- [ ] Rudder Gust Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Tail Tie Down — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Elevator & Rudder — **CHECK**

## Preflight Inspection - Right Wing

- [ ] Aileron & Flap — **CHECK**
- [ ] Skin/Tip/Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tie Down — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Strut/Tire/Brake — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Qty — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**

## Preflight Inspection - Nose

- [ ] Static Source (both) — **CHECK**
- [ ] Engine Oil — **6 to 8 QUARTS**
- [ ] Fuel Strainer — **DRAIN & SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Selector/Belly Drain — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Prop & Spinner — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Gear Doors — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Wheel & Strut — **CHECK**

## Preflight Inspection - Left Wing

- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Qty — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Strut/Tire/Brake — **CHECK**
- [ ] Pitot Tube & Drain — **CHECK**
- [ ] Stall Warning — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Vent — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tie Down — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Aileron & Flap — **CHECK**

## Before Starting Engine

- [ ] Preflight — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Passenger Brief — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seat Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Avionics Pwr. Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK IN**
- [ ] Elec. Equip./Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Landing Gear Lever — **DOWN**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET HOLD**

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Beacon — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Throttle — **1/4 INCH**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQ.**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Avionics Pwr. Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQIRED**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Brakes — **TEST/SET**
- [ ] Doors — **CLOSED/LOCKED**
- [ ] Seat Belts — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Trim — **SET**
- [ ] Flight Instruments — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Aux Fuel Pump — **ON/OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **1800 RPM**
    - [ ] a. Magnetos — **CHECK**
    - [ ] b. Prop — **CYCLE**
    - [ ] c. Carb Heat — **CHECK**
    - [ ] d. Engine Inst — **CHECK**
    - [ ] e. Ammeter — **CHECK**
    - [ ] f. Suction Gg. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Throttle — **800-1000 RPM**
- [ ] Radios — **CHECK**
- [ ] Autopilot — **RECHECK OFF**
- [ ] Throttle Friction — **ADJUST**

## Taking Runway

- [ ] Clearance Rec’vd — **TO/P&H**
- [ ] Approach End — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Camera — **Transponder Alt**
- [ ] Action — **D.G. Runway Hdg**
- [ ] Time Off — **Record**

## Normal Takeoff

- [ ] Flaps — **0(**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Airspeed/Eng Inst — **CHECK**
- [ ] Rotate — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **70-80 KIAS**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY**
- [ ] Landing Gear — **RETRACT**

## Short Field Takeoff

- [ ] Flaps — **0 or 10 DEGREES**
> **NOTE:** (Zero if within 100lbs. of Gross)
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Engine Instr. — **GREEN/NORM**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Rotate — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **63 KIAS**
- [ ] Over Obstacle — **84 KIAS & FLAPS UP**

## Enroute Climb

- [ ] Airspeed — **85-95 KIAS**
- [ ] Power — **25 in Hg & 2500 rpm**
- [ ] Mixture — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**

## Cruise

- [ ] Power — **15-25 in Hg / 2100-2700 RPM**
- [ ] Elev/Rudder — **TRIM**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mixture — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **OPEN**
- [ ] Company Freq — **MONITOR**

## Descent

- [ ] Fuel Selector — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **ON AS REQ**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **AS REQ**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Carb Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Gas (fuel selector) — **BOTH**
- [ ] Undercarriage — **DOWN**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Seat Belts — **SECURE**
> **NOTE:** ON FINAL CALL OUT & VERIFY AGAIN:
> **NOTE:** “FINAL UMP’s CHECK…….
- [ ] Undercarriage — **Green/Down & Locked**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Prop — **HIGH**

## Normal Landing

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

## Short Field Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **30 DEGREES**
- [ ] Short Final — **63 KIAS**
- [ ] Throttle — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**

## Go Around Procedure With Full Flaps

- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Flaps — **20(**
- [ ] Airspeed — **INCREASING**
- [ ] Altitude — **INCREASING**
- [ ] Flaps — **10(**
- [ ] Vy 87 KIAS — **OBTAIN**
- [ ] Flaps — **0(**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**

## After Landing

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Transponder — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Taxi Clearance — **OBTAIN**

## Securing Airplane

- [ ] Avionics Pwr Sw — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equip — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **Close as rpm drops**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **(winter) CLOSED**
- [ ] Control Lock — **INSTALL**
- [ ] Hobbs — **RECORD**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSE**
- [ ] Tie Down — **SECURE**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/172RG Skyhawk/TFA_Cessna_172RG_Checklist_Normal_2004-02.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: d31276c68df50358ac78dd7f3c73e597efe1763b2559c1f704a2ad15aa16f4d1  
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