# Cessna 401 — Louis_Janos_401_Normal_checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "AFTER TAKEOFF" item count differs between passes (5 vs 6); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "BEFORE TAKEOFF" item count differs between passes (9 vs 8); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "CRUISE" item count differs between passes (5 vs 7); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "TAKEOFF" item count differs between passes (4 vs 5); verify nothing was dropped.

## BEFORE START

- [ ] Preflight Inspection — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Cabin Door — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Gear Switch — **DOWN**
- [ ] Alternate Air Controls — **FULL IN**
- [ ] Alternators and Battery — **ON**
- [ ] Control Lock — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Throttles — **OPEN ONE INCH**
- [ ] Props — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Mixtures — **RICH**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **MAIN/TIP TANKS**

## ENGINE START

- [ ] Magnetos — **ON**
- [ ] Left Starter — **PRESS**
- [ ] Prime Switch — **APPROPRIATE ENGINE**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **LOW**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 - 1200 RPM**
- [ ] Vacuum System — **CHECK**
- [ ] Right Engine — **REPEAT 1 THROUGH 6**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Radios — **ON**

## BEFORE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Trim Tabs — **CHECK MOVEMENT, SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Instruments and Radios — **CHECK/SET**
- [ ] Engine Runup — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Voltammeter, Vacuum System, Magnetos
    - [ ] Feather

## TAKEOFF

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **LOW**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**
- [ ] Engine Power — **34.5" MP/2700 RPM, CHECK FUEL FLOW IN WHITE ARC**

## AFTER TAKEOFF

- [ ] Landing Gear — **UP**
- [ ] Engine Power — **29.5" MP/2450 RPM (1000 FT AGL CHECK FUEL FLOW ON BLUE 75% MARK)**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF OR AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Fuel selector
- [ ] Voltammeter

## CRUISE

- [ ] Engine Power — **27.0" MP/2300 RPM**
- [ ] Mixtures — **LEAN, USE EGT BELOW 75% POWER, SET 100º ROP**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **AUXILIARY - ONE AT A TIME (AFTER THERE IS ROOM IN THE TIP TANK)**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **OFF**

## DESCENT

- [ ] ATIS
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Reduce M.P. 1" per minute — **CHECK**

## APPROACH

- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **MAINS/OUTBOARD TANKS**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **CHECK IN**
- [ ] Mixtures — **RICH OR AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **LOW**
- [ ] Heater — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Flaps — **DOWN 15º BELOW 180 MPH**
- [ ] Gear — **DOWN**

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Flaps — **DOWN 45º BELOW 160 MPH**
- [ ] Gear — **CHECK DOWN**
- [ ] Props — **FORWARD**

## AFTER LANDING

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **LOW**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Transponder — **STBY**
- [ ] Trim — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Heater — **CHECK OFF**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **OFF**

## SHUTDOWN

- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF**
- [ ] Radios — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttles — **IDLE**
    > **NOTE:** Engine cool 3 min. before shutdown
- [ ] Props — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Left Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Vacuum System — **CHECK**
- [ ] Right Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Magnetos — **OFF**
- [ ] Battery and Alternators — **SET**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Control Lock — **INSTALL**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cessna/401/Louis_Janos_401_Normal_checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 31f92539b1eab45618e4396a8498d6f806209bc71c01970a795e25d61952ceb5  
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