# Diamond DA40 Star — Jacob_Esparza_Diamond_Star_DA40_Pre-Flight_Checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Front Fuselage" item count differs between passes (9 vs 11); verify nothing was dropped.

## Cabin Check

- [ ] Maintenance Check
- [ ] Weight and Balance — **COMPUTED**
- [ ] Airplane Documents — **ARROW ON BOARD**
- [ ] Ignition Key — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Front and Rear canopy — **UNDAMAGED/CLEAN**
- [ ] All Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers In
- [ ] Engine Control Levers — **CHECK CONDITION**
- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL LEAN**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Master Switch (BAT) — **ON**
- [ ] Annunciator Panel
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **CHECK**
- [ ] Lights — **ON/CHECK**
- [ ] Master Switch (BAT) — **OFF**
- [ ] Loose Items Secure
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Baggage — **SECURED AND STOWED**

## Left Main Landing Gear

- [ ] Landing Gear Strut
- [ ] Wheel Fairing
- [ ] Tire Pressure — **CHECK 36 P.S.I**
- [ ] Tire Wear
- [ ] Tire, Wheel, Brake
- [ ] Brake Line
- [ ] Slip Marks
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVED**

## Left Wing

- [ ] Wing Surface
- [ ] Step
- [ ] Lower Surface Air Intake
- [ ] Lower Surface Openings — **CHECK FOR FUEL**
- [ ] Fuel Sump
- [ ] Stall Warning
- [ ] Tank Filler — **VISUALLY CHECK**
- [ ] 2 Stall Strips on Wing — **CHECK**
- [ ] Pitot Tube — **CLEAN ORFICES OPEN**
- [ ] Landing/Taxi Light
- [ ] Wing Tip
- [ ] Strobes and Position Lights
- [ ] Mooring — **CHECK CLEAR**
- [ ] Aileron and Linkages
- [ ] Foreign Objects in Aileron Paddle — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Flap and Linkages
- [ ] Flap Hinges and Safety Pin

## Left Fuselage

- [ ] Canopy, left side — **CHECK**
- [ ] Rear Cabin Door and Window
- [ ] Fuselage Skin
- [ ] Antennas

## Empennage

- [ ] Stabilizers and control surfaces
- [ ] Hinges
- [ ] Elevator Trim Tab
- [ ] Rudder Trim Tab
- [ ] Mooring on fin — **CHECK CLEAR**
- [ ] Tail Skid and lower fin

## Right Fuselage

- [ ] Fuselage Skin
- [ ] Window
- [ ] Canopy, Right Side — **CHECK**

## Right Wing

- [ ] Flap and Linkage
- [ ] Flap hinges and safety pin
- [ ] Aileron and Linkages
- [ ] Aileron hinges and safety pin
- [ ] Foreign objects in aileron paddle — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Wing tip
- [ ] Position and Strobe Lights
- [ ] Mooring — **CHECK CLEAR**
- [ ] Wing Surface
- [ ] 2 Stall Strips on Wing — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tank Filler — **VISUALLY CHECK**
- [ ] Lower Surface Openings — **CHECK FOR FUEL**
- [ ] Fuel Sump
- [ ] Step

## Right Main Landing Gear

- [ ] Landing Gear Strut
- [ ] Wheel Fairing
- [ ] Tire Inflation — **CHECK 36 PSI**
- [ ] Tire Wear and Depth
- [ ] Tire Wheel Brake
- [ ] Brake Line — **CHECK FOR LEAKS**
- [ ] Slip Marks
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVE**

## Front Fuselage

- [ ] Oil Level — **MIN 4 QTS FOR VFR / MIN 6 QTS FOR IFR**
- [ ] Cowling
- [ ] 3 Air Intakes — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Propeller — **MAX BLADE SHAKE 3 MM / MAX ANGULAR PLAY 2°**
- [ ] Spinner and Screws
- [ ] Nose Gear
- [ ] Tire and Wheel
- [ ] Slip Marks
- [ ] Tire Wear and Depth

## Front Fuselage (cont)

- [ ] Wheel Fairing
- [ ] Tow Bar — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Tire Pressure — **CHECK 29 PSI**
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Exhaust

## Underside

- [ ] Antennas (if fitted) — **CHECK**
- [ ] Gascolator — **STRAIN**
- [ ] Venting Pipes — **CHECK FOR BLOCKAGE**
- [ ] Fuselage Underside — **CHECK FOR FLUIDS**

## Happy Flying!!!

> **NOTE:** Happy Flying!!!

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Diamond/DA40 Star/Jacob_Esparza_Diamond_Star_DA40_Pre-Flight_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: a1d4a37ef85d256cbfb9e356d8443a9e4bef0df9cb3b8556fd2195cd81b8ea67  
Verify against the aircraft's own approved documentation before use.