# Cessna 310 — C_R_Cessna_310L_checklist

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

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Seat belts
- [ ] Brakes
- [ ] Landing Gear Switch — **Check DOWN**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF**
- [ ] Emergency Power Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Alternator Switches — **ON**
- [ ] Voltage Regulator Switch — **Main**
- [ ] Landing Gear Lights
- [ ] Trim Controls
- [ ] Flight Controls
- [ ] Alternate Air Control — **Check in**
- [ ] Altimeter and Clock — **Set**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **Open 1 inch**
- [ ] Propeller — **High RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **Full Rich**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **LR MAIN**
- [ ] Rotating Beacon — **ON**

## STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Magneto Switches — **ON**
- [ ] Start Engine
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **LOW**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **ON**

## RUN UP

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Cabin Door — **CLOSED and LOCKED**
- [ ] Throttle setting — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Alternators – Check
- [ ] Magnetos -- Check
- [ ] Propellers — **Check to 1200 RPM**
- [ ] Vacuum Pressure — **Check (4.75 to 5.25”)**
- [ ] Oil Temperature — **Check green arc**
- [ ] Throttle setting — **700 - 1000 RPM**
- [ ] Trim Controls — **Checked and set**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **0°**
- [ ] Flight Controls
- [ ] Engine instruments -- Check
- [ ] Parking brake — **Released**
- [ ] Lights — **as Required**
- [ ] ATIS -- Check
- [ ] Transponder -- Set

## TAKEOFF - Normal TAKEOFF

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **ON (high)**
- [ ] Power — **Full throttle and 2625 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH (lean for maximum power above 3000 feet)**
- [ ] Maintain Level Attitude
- [ ] Elevator Control — **Raise nose wheel at 90 MPH**
- [ ] Break ground at — **105 MPH**
- [ ] Brakes — **Apply momentarily**
- [ ] Landing gear — **retract**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **124 MPH**
- [ ] Auxiliary fuel pumps — **OFF**

## TAKEOFF - MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **ON (high)**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **15°**
- [ ] Power — **Full throttle and 2625 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH (lean for maximum power above 3000 feet)**
- [ ] Maintain Level Attitude
- [ ] Elevator Control — **Raise nose wheel at 84 MPH**
- [ ] Break ground at 93 MPH — **Hold speed until all obstacles are cleared**
- [ ] Brakes — **Apply momentarily**
- [ ] Landing gear — **retract**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract (after obstacles are cleared)**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF**

## CLIMB

**NORMAL CLIMB**
- [ ] Airspeed — **130-150 MPH**
- [ ] Power — **24 INCHES Hg or FULL THROTTLE and 2450 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust to climb fuel flow**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **ON (above 12,000' altitude to minimize vapor formation)**
**MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE CLIMB**
- [ ] Airspeed — **124 MPH at sea level, 122 MPH at 10,000'**
- [ ] Power — **FULL THROTTLE and 2625 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust for altitude and power**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **ON (above 12,000' altitude to minimize vapor formation)**

## CRUISING

- [ ] Cruise Power — **15-24 inches Hg and 1200 - 2450 RPM**
- [ ] Mixtures — **Lean as required**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **aux after 60 min**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **adjust**

## LETDOWN

- [ ] Power — **As required**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADJUST for smooth operation and gradual enrichment as altitude is lost**

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **MAIN**
- [ ] Mixtures — **Full Rich**
- [ ] Propellers — **High RPM**
- [ ] Wing Flaps
- [ ] Landing Gear — **Extended below 160 MPH**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **ON**
- [ ] Approach — **105 MPH**

## LANDING

- [ ] Touchdown — **Main wheels first**
- [ ] Landing roll — **Lower nose wheel gently**
- [ ] Braking — **As required**

## GO-AROUND (Twin Engine)

- [ ] Increase engine speed to — **2625 RPM and apply full throttle**
- [ ] Reduce flap setting to — **15°**
- [ ] Trim airplane for — **climb**
- [ ] Retract flaps — **as all obstacles are cleared, and a safe altitude and airspeed are obtained.**
- [ ] Do not retract landing gear — **if another landing approach is to be conducted.**

## AFTER LANDING

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **LOW**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Transponder — **stdby**

## SECURING AIRPLANE

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttles — **IDLE**
- [ ] Propellers — **High RPM (full forward)**
- [ ] Mixtures — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Magneto Switches — **OFF, after engine stops**
- [ ] Avionics Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] All switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Control Lock — **Install**
- [ ] Cabin Door — **Secure**

## ENGINE-OUT CHECKLISTS (EMERGENCY)

**ENGINE-OUT AFTER TAKEOFF - ABOVE 105 MPH (Without sufficient runway ahead)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Full rich**
- [ ] Propellers — **Full forward**
- [ ] Throttles — **Full forward**
- [ ] Landing gear — **UP**
- [ ] Determine inoperative engine — **(dead foot dead engine)**
- [ ] Inoperative engine — **FEATHER**
- [ ] Establish bank — **5° toward good engine**
- [ ] Climb out to clear any obstacles — **105 MPH**
- [ ] Accelerate to — **120 MPH after obstacle is cleared**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **UP (if extended)**
- [ ] Trim tabs — **Adjust 5° back toward good engine**
- [ ] Secure inoperative engine as follows:
    - [ ] A. Mixture — **IDLE CUT OFF**
    - [ ] B. Fuel Selector — **OFF**
    - [ ] C. Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **OFF**
    - [ ] D. Magneto Switches — **OFF**
    - [ ] E. Alternator Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] As soon as practical — **LAND**
**ENGINE-OUT DURING FLIGHT**
- [ ] Determine inoperative
- [ ] Power — **Increase as required**
- [ ] Fuel Flow - Check, if deficient, position auxiliary fuel pump switch to — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity - Check
- [ ] Oil Pressure and Oil Temperature - Check, shut down inoperative engine if oil pressure is low. — **Check**
- [ ] Magneto Switches - Check
- [ ] Secure inoperative engine as follows:
    - [ ] A. Throttle — **CLOSED**
    - [ ] B. Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
    - [ ] C. Propeller — **FEATHER**
    - [ ] D. Fuel Selector — **OFF**
    - [ ] E. Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **OFF**
    - [ ] F. Magneto Switch — **OFF**
    - [ ] G. Alternator Switch — **OFF**
**Operative Engine - Adjust**
    - [ ] A. Power — **Increase as required**
    - [ ] B. Mixture — **Adjust for power**
    - [ ] C. Fuel Selector — **Main tank**
    - [ ] D. Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **ADJUST 5° bank towards good engine**
- [ ] Electrical load — **DECREASE**
- [ ] As soon as practical — **LAND**
**ENGINE RESTARTS IN FLIGHT (After Feathering)**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **Main Tank**
- [ ] Throttle — **Advance**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Magneto Switches — **ON**
- [ ] Primer Switch — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Starter Button — **PRESS**
- [ ] Power — **Increase slowly**
> **NOTE:** NOTE: If start is unsuccessful, turn magneto switches OFF, retard mixture to IDLE CUT-OFF, open throttle fully, and engage starter for several revolutions. Then repeat air start procedure.
**SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING**
- [ ] Approach at — **110 MPH with excess altitude**
- [ ] Delay extension of landing gear until — **within gliding distance of field**
- [ ] Avoid use of flaps until — **landing is assured**
- [ ] Decrease speed below 105 MPH only if — **landing is a certainty**
**GO-AROUND (SINGLE ENGINE)**
- [ ] If absolutely necessary, and speed is above 105 MPH, increase engine speed to 2625 RPM and apply — **full throttle**
- [ ] Retract landing gear — **UP**
- [ ] Reduce flap setting to — **0° (if extended)**
- [ ] Climb at — **120 MPH (108 MPH with obstacles directly ahead)**
- [ ] Trim airplane for — **single-engine**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/310/C_R_Cessna_310L_checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 3b9b9744bb450559343584c47a52975e7e9834facb2ae60e86c86837cc2189e4  
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