# Cessna 182S Skylane — N358ME_CESSNA_182_Checklist

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

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Preflight inspection — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seats, Seat Belts, and Shoulder Harnesses — **ADJUST and LOCK**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK IN**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Avionics Circuit Breakers — **CHECK IN**

## STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN 1/4"**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Flashing Beacon — **ON**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADVANCE until fuel flow just starts to rise, then return to IDLE CUT-OFF position**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START (release when engine starts)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Advance smoothly to RICH when engine fires**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN one inch for taxi**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Navigation, Cockpit, and Taxi Lights — **ON as required**
- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **ON**
> **NOTE:** Communication Radios: DVT / SDL / FFZ; ATIS 126.5 / 118.6 / 118.25; Ground 121.8 / 121.6 / 121.3; Tower S: 118.4 / 119.9 / 124.6, N: 120.2; Practice area 122.75 (north), 122.85 (south)
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET to setting given by ATC**
- [ ] Annunciator Panel — **TEST**
- [ ] GPS — **Confirm self-test and altimeter setting**
- [ ] Transponder — **TEST, then STANDBY**
- [ ] Autopilot — **enter altimeter setting**
- [ ] Taxiing — **CHECK brakes immediately after airplane begins moving**

## DURING TURNS WHILE TAXIING

- [ ] Turn Coordinator — **Indicates skidding turn in proper direction**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **Turns in proper direction**
- [ ] Magnetic Compass — **Turns in proper direction, bowl full of fluid**

## BEFORE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Passenger Seat Backs — **MOST UPRIGHT POSITION**
- [ ] Seats & Seat Belts — **CHECK SECURE**
- [ ] Cabin Doors — **CLOSED and LATCHED**
- [ ] Flight controls — **FREE and CORRECT**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **RECHECK BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1800 RPM**
    - [ ] Magnetos — **CHECK (max drop 150 RPM, max diff. 50 RPM)**
    - [ ] Propeller — **CYCLE from high to low to high RPM**
    - [ ] Vacuum — **Normal operating range**
    - [ ] Ammeter — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Engine Instruments — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Annunciator Panel — **No warnings illuminated**
- [ ] Throttle — **CHECK IDLE**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Throttle Friction Lock — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Flight instruments — **SET**
    - [ ] Attitude Indicator — **Check, Set for level flight**
    - [ ] Vertical Speed Indicator — **Note indication of 0 fpm climb**
    - [ ] Altimeter — **Should read within 75 ft of field elevation**
    - [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **indicates 0**
- [ ] Pitot heat — **CHECK**
- [ ] Elevator & Rudder Trim — **SET for TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Communication Radio — **Tower or CTAF**
- [ ] Navigation Radios — **SET if flying cross-country**
- [ ] NAV/GPS HIS Switch — **SET**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Strobe and Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Windows — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**

## NORMAL TAKEOFF

- [ ] Flaps — **0°**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **Indicates increasing speed**
- [ ] Elevator Control — **Rotate at 60 KIAS**

## SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF

- [ ] Flaps — **20°**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **58 KIAS until obstacles cleared, then as appropriate**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT after reaching 70 KIAS**

## NORMAL CLIMB

- [ ] Airspeed — **85-95 KIAS**
- [ ] Power — **23" or FULL THROTTLE (whichever is less)**
- [ ] RPM — **REDUCE to 2400 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **15 GPH or FULL RICH (whichever is less)**

## CRUISE

- [ ] Power — **15-23", 2000-2400 RPM (no more than 80% is recommended)**
- [ ] Elevator Trim — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Mixture — **lean to peak EGT minus 125° F**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Passenger Seat Backs — **MOST UPRIGHT POSITION**
- [ ] Seats & Seat Belts — **SECURED & LOCKED**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Strobe and Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**

## NORMAL LANDING

- [ ] Airspeed — **70-80 KIAS (flaps UP)**
- [ ] Flaps — **0-10° < 140 KIAS, 10°-20° < 120 KIAS, FULL < 100 KIAS**
- [ ] Airspeed — **60-70 KIAS (flaps DOWN)**

## SHORT OR SOFT FIELD LANDING

- [ ] Flaps — **FULL DOWN (below 100 KIAS)**
- [ ] Airspeed — **60 KIAS**

## BALKED LANDING

- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT TO 20° (immediately)**
- [ ] Airspeed — **55 KIAS (until obstacles are cleared)**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT (after reaching a safe altitude and 70 KIAS)**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**

## AFTER LANDING

- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## SHUTDOWN

- [ ] Call for fuel — **on 130.65 @ DVT**
- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF (except flashing beacon)**
- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF (after propeller stops turning)**
- [ ] Flashing Beacon — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Control Lock — **INSTALL**
- [ ] Vents — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Tiedowns — **SECURED**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSED**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/182S Skylane/N358ME_CESSNA_182_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 5d9007ce988a4c590db254f41e7b08c717611dd673913d7342bfb1b034d7beeb  
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