# Cirrus SR22 — sr22_checklist_stephen_shirley

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

## Initial

- [ ] Weather & Den. Alt.
- [ ] Weight & Balance
- [ ] Performance Req.
- [ ] Flight Plan
- [ ] A.R.R.O.W. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] Bat 2 Master — **ON**
- [ ] Check Volts — **23-25V**
- [ ] Flap Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Bat 1 Master — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity
- [ ] Fullest Tank
- [ ] Flaps — **100%, Light**
- [ ] Check Flaps — **100%**
- [ ] Oil Annunciator — **ON**
- [ ] Check Ann. Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Check Volt — **23-25V**
- [ ] Masters — **OFF**
- [ ] Alt. Static — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Fire Extinguisher Egress Hammer
- [ ] CAPS pin — **IN**
- [ ] Hobbs Time

## Exterior Summary

- [ ] Check Fuel / Oil
- [ ] Caps/Drains/Vents
- [ ] Prop/Air Intake
- [ ] Exhaust System
- [ ] Surfaces & Controls
- [ ] Pitot/Static Ports
- [ ] Gear/Tires/Brakes
- [ ] Antennas
- [ ] Ties/Chocks/Doors
- [ ] Final Walk Around

## Start

- [ ] Brief Passengers — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Remove CAPS pin — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Masters — **ON**
- [ ] Strobes — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Power — **FORWARD**
- [ ] PRIME — **8 BUMPS, BOOST ON**
- [ ] Power — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Power — **1/4" IF HOT**
- [ ] Clear Propeller — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Ignition — **START**
**After each attempt:**
- [ ] Power — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Power — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Power — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Check Oil Pressure
- [ ] Monitor Engine
- [ ] Check Alternator 1
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Avionics — **ON**
- [ ] GPS & Autopilot
- [ ] Frequencies
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS
- [ ] Altimeter

## Taxi

- [ ] Seatbelts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Cabin Heat/Defrost
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Check Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Check HSI/Comp — **CHECK**
- [ ] Check AI/TC — **CHECK**

## Run-Up

- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Trim — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORR**
- [ ] Flaps — **50% & CHECK**
- [ ] Instruments — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Power — **2000 RPM**
- [ ] Check Prop. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Power — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Pressure/Temp.
- [ ] Pitot Heat & Lights
- [ ] Check Alts/Volts — **28**
- [ ] Mags — **<150 DROP, <75 DIFF**
- [ ] Power — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Radios/Clearance
- [ ] Transponder Code
- [ ] Baro setting in Altimeter & S-A
- [ ] Initial altitude & alert in S-A

## Taking Active

- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **50%**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**

## Takeoff

- [ ] Pitot Heat
- [ ] Flaps — **50% & CHECK**
- [ ] Lights
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Power — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Adjust Fuel Flow
- [ ] Engine Instruments
- [ ] Release Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Rotate — **70-73 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps up — **80 KIAS**
- [ ] Vx 80, Vy 100
- [ ] Normal 110-120

## Climb

- [ ] Full Power
- [ ] Fuel Flow per list
- [ ] Engine Instruments
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] O2 — **ON AT 8000'**

## Cruise

- [ ] Set Power
- [ ] Lean as Required
- [ ] Engine Instruments
- [ ] Monitor Fuel Flow
- [ ] EGT 75 ROP~1350
- [ ] Oil temp~200

## Descent

- [ ] Set Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Fuel — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Marker Beacons
- [ ] Seatbelts — **SECURE**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Downwind 100
- [ ] Base 90
- [ ] Short Final — **80 KIAS**
- [ ] Short Field — **77 KIAS**
- [ ] Active gentle flare

## Clear Active

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Power — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Trim — **TAKEOFF**

## Shutdown

- [ ] Record Flight Time
- [ ] Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN/CUTOFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Masters — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **OFF**

## Securing

- [ ] Check ELT
- [ ] CAPS pin — **REPLACE**
- [ ] Hobbs Time
- [ ] Chocks — **IN**
- [ ] Secure Doors
- [ ] Tie Downs/Covers
- [ ] Close Flight Plan

## Reference Speeds

- [ ] VR Rotation - 70
- [ ] VX Best Angle – 80
- [ ] VY Best Rate – 100
- [ ] VS0 Stall w/flaps – 59
- [ ] VS Stall w/o flaps – 70
- [ ] Best Glide – 90
- [ ] VO Maximum Turbulence – 133
- [ ] VNO Maximum Cruise – 178
- [ ] VNE Never Exceed – 201
- [ ] VFE Flaps Extended – 104 top of white arc
- [ ] VFE ½ Flaps Ext. – 120
- [ ] Maximum X-Wind Demo – 20

## Frequencies

- [ ] UNICOM: 122.7 122.8 122.95 123.0 123.05
- [ ] Multicom: 122.9
- [ ] Air-Air: 122.75 122.85
- [ ] Flight Service: 122.2 122.1 122.6 123.6
- [ ] Flight Watch: 122.0
- [ ] Guard: 121.5

## Weights & Fluids

- [ ] MGTOW: 3400 lbs
- [ ] Empty Weight: 2290 lbs
- [ ] Maximum Baggage Cpt: 130 lbs
- [ ] Tire Inflation: Nose 40 +2/-0, Mains 62 +2/-0
- [ ] Oil: Exxon Elite 15W-50, Minimum 6 qts.

## Power Loss Immediately After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

**No Restart**
- [ ] Best Glide `MEMORY` — **88 KIAS (87 KIAS 2900 LBS)**
- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **DOWN/AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Masters & Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Power Lever — **IDLE**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **SECURED**

## Power Loss In Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Best Glide `MEMORY` — **88 KIAS (87 KIAS 2900 LBS)**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **SWITCH TANKS**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **BOOST**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **CHECK, BOTH**

## Engine Airstart (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Battery Masters — **ON**
- [ ] Power Lever — **1/2" OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **SWITCH TANKS**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **BOTH**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **BOOST**
- [ ] Alt. Masters — **OFF**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE (IF NOT WINDMILLING)**
- [ ] Mixture — **SLOWLY INCREASE**
- [ ] Power Lever — **SLOWLY INCREASE**
- [ ] Alt. Masters — **ON**

## Forced Landing (Engine Out) (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Best Glide `MEMORY` — **88 KIAS (87 KIAS 2900 LBS)**
- [ ] Squawk — **7700**
- [ ] Declare Emergency — **GUARD 121.5**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **SECURED**
- [ ] ELT — **ON**
- [ ] Power Lever — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mixture — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition — **OFF**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS NEEDED**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**

## CAPS Deployment (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Minimum Possible Airspeed `MEMORY` — **133 MAX DEMO'D**
- [ ] Mixture — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Remove Cover — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Remove Safety Pin — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Pull Handle `MEMORY` — **DOWN**
- [ ] Mixture — **CHECK/CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **OFF**
- [ ] Masters — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition — **OFF**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] ELT — **ON**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **SECURED**
- [ ] Loose Items — **SECURED**
- [ ] Cross Arms Across Chest
- [ ] Grasp Harness, Keep Torso Erect
- [ ] Evacuate Quickly

## Smoke/Fume Elimination (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Heater — **OFF**
- [ ] Air Vents — **OPEN, FULL COLD**
- [ ] Land ASAP
- [ ] Cabin Doors — **UNLATCH (IF NECESSARY)**

## Engine Fire During Start (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] Power Lever — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Starter — **CRANK**

## Engine Fire In Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture `MEMORY` — **CUTOFF**
- [ ] Power Lever — **IDLE**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition — **OFF**
- [ ] Perform Forced Landing Checklist

## Wing Fire In Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Navigation Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Strobes — **OFF**
- [ ] Slip to keep flames away from tank
- [ ] Dive to blow out fire if practicable
- [ ] Land ASAP

## Cabin Fire In Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Masters — **OFF**
- [ ] Heater — **OFF**
- [ ] Air Vents — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Fire Extinguisher — **ACTIVATE**
**When fire extinguished…**
- [ ] Air Vents — **OPEN, FULL COLD**
- [ ] Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] All other switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Land ASAP
- [ ] Master Switches — **ON (ONLY IF REQUIRED)**
- [ ] Avionics — **ON (ONLY IF REQUIRED)**

## Inadvertent Icing (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Exit Icing Conditions
- [ ] Cabin Heat — **MAXIMUM**
- [ ] Windshield Defrost — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Alternate Induction Air — **ON**
- [ ] Land Faster, Consider Reduced/No Flaps

## Emergency Descent (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Power Lever — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Airspeed — **VNE (201 KIAS)**
- [ ] Forward Slip — **IF NECESSARY**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Cirrus/SR22/sr22_checklist_stephen_shirley.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: e33049e6f0c2c53ed5ce6ee184a9898348b7cc023fdcad462d6a7d31498e5a05  
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