# Cessna 172S Skyhawk — JetStream_172S_N101GV Front Checklist 4.8.05

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Run Up" item count differs between passes (22 vs 25); verify nothing was dropped.

## Before Start

- [ ] Preflight Inspection — **Complete**
- [ ] Pass, Briefing — **Complete**
- [ ] Seats / Seatbelts — **Adjust, Lock**
- [ ] Brakes — **Set**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **Check In**
- [ ] Electrical and Avionics — **Off**

## Normal Engine Start

- [ ] Fuel Select Valve — **Both**
- [ ] Fuel Shutoff Valve — **In (On)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Idle Cutoff**
- [ ] Throttle — **Open 1/4 inch**
- [ ] Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Rotating Beacon — **On**
- [ ] Aux Fuel Pump — **On**
- [ ] Mixture — **Full Rich 3-5 GPH, then idle**
- [ ] Aux Fuel Pump — **Off**
- [ ] Area — **Clear**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **Engage, Release**
  <sub>when engine fires</sub>
- [ ] Mixture — **Smoothly full rich**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **Check**
- [ ] Taxi, Nav. Lights — **As Required**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **On**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract**

## Taxi

- [ ] Mixture — **Lean for Taxi**
- [ ] Brakes — **Release, Check**
- [ ] Instruments — **Check**

## Run Up

- [ ] Brakes — **Set**
- [ ] Seats / Seatbelts — **Check Secure**
- [ ] Doors — **Closed, Locked**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **Free and Correct**
- [ ] Flight Instruments — **Check and Set**
- [ ] Radios / Navigation — **Set for Departure**
- [ ] Navigation / GPS — **Set for Departure**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Throttle — **1800 rpm**
    - [ ] Mixture — **Set for Altitude**
    - [ ] Magnetos — **Left, Right, Both**
    - [ ] Engine Instruments — **Check**
    - [ ] Vacuum — **Check**
    - [ ] Ammeter — **Check with load**
    - [ ] Annunciator panel — **Test, Clear**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Autopilot — **Off**
- [ ] Throttle friction lock — **Set**
- [ ] Elevator Trim — **Set for takeoff**
- [ ] Flaps — **Set for takeoff**
- [ ] Emergency, dep. brief — **Perform**
- [ ] Brakes — **Release**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Landing light, strobes — **On**
- [ ] Transponder — **Set to altitude**
- [ ] Area — **Clear**

## Normal Takeoff

- [ ] Throttle — **Full Open**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust smooth**
- [ ] Elevator control — **Lift nose at 55 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **75 KIAS**

## Climb (above 1000' AGL)

- [ ] Climb speed — **75 KIAS**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **Green**
- [ ] Taxi, landing lights — **Off**

## Cruise

- [ ] Power — **2100-2700 rpm**
- [ ] Elevator trim — **Adjust**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean for altitude**

## Descent

- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Mixture — **Set**
- [ ] Power — **Set**
- [ ] Altimeter — **Set**
- [ ] Nav/GPS — **Set**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Seats / Seatbelts — **Check Secure**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Autopilot — **Off**
- [ ] Taxi, landing lights — **On**

## Normal Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS flaps up**
- [ ] Flaps — **As required**
- [ ] Airspeed — **60-70 KIAS flaps down**

## After Landing

- [ ] Flaps — **Retract**
- [ ] Transponder — **Standby**
- [ ] Land, Strobe lights — **Off**
- [ ] Trim — **Takeoff**

## Shutdown and Securing

- [ ] Avionics and Switches — **Off**
- [ ] Throttle — **Idle**
- [ ] Mixture — **Idle Cutoff**
- [ ] Mags — **Off**
- [ ] Master — **Off**
- [ ] Control Lock — **In**
- [ ] Hobbs and Tach — **Record**
- [ ] Tie Downs — **Attached**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/172S Skyhawk/JetStream_172S_N101GV Front Checklist 4.8.05.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 3d2434e630c8ace5f75b9c9fc6da33a3490b0f454a31f36c1a3ffe3d7139efff  
Verify against the aircraft's own approved documentation before use.