# Cessna 182S Skylane — JetStream_C182 Front Checklist

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

## Before Start

- [ ] Preflight Inspection — **Complete**
- [ ] Passenger Briefing — **Complete**
- [ ] Seats / Seatbelts — **Adjust, Lock**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **Both**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Open**
- [ ] Brakes — **Set**
- [ ] Avionics, Electrical — **Off**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **Check In**

## Normal Engine Start

- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Propeller — **High RPM**
- [ ] Power — **1/2 Inch**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **Cold**
- [ ] Prime — **1-6 as req'd**
- [ ] Rotating Beacon — **On**
- [ ] Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Area — **Clear**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **Engage**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **Check**
- [ ] Taxi, Nav. Lights — **As Required**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **On**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract**

## Taxi

- [ ] Weather info/ATIS — **Obtain**
- [ ] Avionics and Flight Instruments — **Check/Set**
- [ ] Brakes — **Release, Check**

## Run Up

- [ ] Doors — **Closed, Locked**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **Set**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **Free and Correct**
- [ ] Flight Instruments — **Check and Set**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Trim — **Set for takeoff**
- [ ] Power — **1700 rpm**
- [ ] Mixture — **Set**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Left, Right, Both**
- [ ] Propeller — **Cycle**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **Check**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **Check**
- [ ] Vacuum — **Check**
- [ ] Ammeter — **Check with load**
- [ ] Throttle — **Idle, then 1000 RPM**
- [ ] Throttle friction lock — **Set**
- [ ] Flaps — **Set for takeoff**
- [ ] Emergency, dep. brief — **Perform**
- [ ] Radios — **Set for Departure**
- [ ] Navigation / GPS — **Set for Departure**
- [ ] Brakes — **Release**

## Before Takeoff

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

## Normal Takeoff (to 1000' AGL)

- [ ] Power/Prop — **Full**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust smooth**
- [ ] Elevator control — **Lift nose at 50 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **80 KIAS**

## Climb (above 1000' AGL)

- [ ] Climb speed — **90-100 KIAS**
- [ ] Power/Prop — **Top of the Green**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust**
- [ ] Lights — **As required**

## Cruise

- [ ] Power/Prop — **15-23 in., 2100-2450 RPM**
- [ ] Elevator/Rudder trim — **Adjust**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean for altitude**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Closed/As Req'd**

## Descent

- [ ] Approach Briefing — **Complete**
- [ ] Lights — **On**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Closed**
- [ ] Mixture — **Set**
- [ ] Power/Prop — **Set**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Seats / Seatbelts — **Check Secure**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **Both**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **On**
- [ ] Propeller — **Full forward**

## Normal Landing

- [ ] Airspeed — **70-80 KIAS flaps up**
- [ ] Flaps — **As required**
- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS flaps down**

## After Landing

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

## Shutdown and Securing

- [ ] Power — **Idle**
- [ ] Avionics and Switches — **Off**
- [ ] 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/182S Skylane/JetStream_C182 Front Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 3c3dc315b6bf10088596ce2578260b85397f34ea7cdfb742806f7e08ea489d75  
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