# Cessna 177 Cardinal — jochman-clc177

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Speeds for Normal Operation" item count differs between passes (14 vs 16); verify nothing was dropped.

## Engine Failure During Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

*Engine failure during takeoff*

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

## Engine Failure After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

*Engine failure after takeoff*

- [ ] Airspeed `MEMORY` — **80 MPH**
- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Wing Flaps `MEMORY` — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Master Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**

## Engine Failure During Flight (EMERGENCY)

*Engine failure during flight*

- [ ] Airspeed `MEMORY` — **85 MPH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat `MEMORY` — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve `MEMORY` — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **RICH**
- [ ] Ignition Switch `MEMORY` — **BOTH or START**
- [ ] Primer `MEMORY` — **IN & LOCKED**

## Emergency Landing (EMERGENCY)

*Emergency landing*

- [ ] Airspeed `MEMORY` — **80 MPH**
- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Wing Flaps `MEMORY` — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Master Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Doors `MEMORY` — **UNLATCH PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN**
- [ ] Touchdown `MEMORY` — **SLIGHTLY TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Brakes `MEMORY` — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Precautionary Landing (EMERGENCY)

*Precautionary landing*

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **15°**
- [ ] Airspeed — **75 MPH**
- [ ] Select field — **SUITABLE**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Wing Flaps (on final approach) — **30°**
- [ ] Airspeed — **75 MPH**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Doors — **UNLATCH PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN**
- [ ] Touchdown — **SLIGHTLY TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY HEAVILY**

## Cabin

- [ ] Pilot's Operating Handbook — **AVAILABLE**
- [ ] Aircraft Documents — **AVAILABLE**
- [ ] Control Wheel Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Quanity Indicators — **CHECK QUANTITY**
- [ ] Flaps — **DOWN**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**

## Empennage

- [ ] Rudder Gust Lock — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Tail Tie-Down — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Control Surfaces — **CHECK FREE**

## Right Wing

- [ ] Aileron — **CHECK FREE**
- [ ] Wing Tie-Down — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Main Wheel Tire — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**

## Nose

- [ ] Engine Oil Level — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Strainer — **DRAIN**
- [ ] Propeller and Spinner — **CHECK**
- [ ] Landing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Carburetor Air Filter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Wheel Strut and Tire — **CHECK**
- [ ] Static Source Opening — **CHECK**

## Left Wing

- [ ] Main Wheel Tire — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Sump — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Filler Cap — **SECURE**
- [ ] Pitot Tube Cover — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Fuel Tank Vent Opening — **CHECK**
- [ ] Stall Warning Opening — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wing Tie-Down — **DISCONNECT**
- [ ] Aileron — **CHECK FREE**

## Before Starting Engine

- [ ] Preflight Inspection — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seats, Belts, Shoulder Harnesses — **ADJUST & LOCK**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST & SET**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK IN**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Hobbs Time — **RECORD**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN ½ INCH**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flashing Beacon, Nav. Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Radios — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Before Taxi

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Area — **CLEAR**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Cabin Doors and Windows — **CLOSED & LOCKED**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Flight Instruments — **SET**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture (Below 3000') — **RICH**
- [ ] Stabalator Trim — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Rudder Trim (if installed) — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **1800 RPM**
- [ ] Magnetos — **CHECK**
- [ ] Propeller — **CYCLE**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **CHECK**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **CHECK**
- [ ] Ammeter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Suction Guage — **CHECK**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Radios — **SET**
- [ ] Transponder — **ON-ALT**

## Normal Takeoff

*Normal takeoff*

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **0° - 10°**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Propeller — **2700 RPM**
- [ ] Elevator Control — **LIFT NOSE AT 60 MPH**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **BEST RATE**

## Short Field Takeoff

*Short field takeoff*

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **10°**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Propeller — **2700 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN above 3000', RICH below 3000'**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Elevator Control — **SLIGHTLY TAIL LOW**
- [ ] Climb Speed (Until Obstacles Cleared) — **69 MPH**

## Enroute Climb

*Enroute climb*

- [ ] Airspeed — **90-100 MPH**
- [ ] Power — **24" –Full Power, 2500-2700 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN above 3000', RICH below 3000'**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN AS REQUIRED**

## Cruise

- [ ] Power — **75% or LESS**
- [ ] Stabilator Trim — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Rudder Trim (if installed) — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**

## Descent

- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Power — **AS DESIRED**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **FULL AS REQUIRED**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Seats, Belts, Shoulder Harnesses — **SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Airspeed — **80-90 MPH**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS DESIRED**

## Balked Landing

*Balked landing/go-around*

- [ ] Power `MEMORY` — **FULL THROTTLE, 2700 RPM**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat `MEMORY` — **COLD**
- [ ] Wing Flaps (immediately) `MEMORY` — **20°**
- [ ] Climb Speed `MEMORY` — **BEST ANGLE**
- [ ] Wing Flaps (after safe alt. and 75 MPH) `MEMORY` — **RETRACT**

## After Landing

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **COLD**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Shutdown

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Control Lock — **INSTALL**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **RIGHT**

## Speeds for Normal Operation

> **NOTE:** Vx 69 MPH = Best Angle of Climb Speed
> **NOTE:** Vy 92 MPH = Best Rate of Climb Speed
> **NOTE:** Vbest l/d 85 MPH = Best Glide (lift/drag), flaps up/down
> **NOTE:** Vs 66 MPH = Stall Speed, normal configuration
> **NOTE:** Vso 56 MPH = Stall Speed, landing configuration
> **NOTE:** Vfo 130/105 MPH = Maximum Flap Extension Speed
> **NOTE:** Va 117 MPH = Maneuvering Speed (at gross weight)
> **NOTE:** Vno 155 MPH = Maximum Structural Cruising Speed
> **NOTE:** Vne 185 MPH = Never Exceed Speed
> **NOTE:** 90-100 MPH = Normal Climb Out
> **NOTE:** 69 MPH = Short Field T/O, Flaps Flaps 15°
> **NOTE:** 80-90 MPH = Normal Landing Approach, Flaps Up
> **NOTE:** 70-80 MPH = Normal Landing Approach, Flaps 40°
> **NOTE:** 70 MPH = Short Field Approach, Flaps 40°

## Specifications

> **NOTE:** 2500 lbs = Maximum Gross Weight
> **NOTE:** 1598 lbs = Basic Empty Weight
> **NOTE:** 608 lbs = Payload With Full Fuel
> **NOTE:** 10.0 gph = Fuel Flow @ 75% Power
> **NOTE:** 50 gal = Total Fuel Capacity
> **NOTE:** 49 gal = Total Useable Fuel
> **NOTE:** 100LL = Fuel Octane Rating (Blue)
> **NOTE:** 8 qts = Oil Sump Capacity
> **NOTE:** 6 qts = Minimum Oil Quantity
> **NOTE:** 180 hp = Lycoming O-360-A1F6
> **NOTE:** 12 V = Battery

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/177 Cardinal/jochman-clc177.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: abd9104ed0454ef10822733a52fdf1b465cda6187f555b346cb98f5f2af1c570  
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