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  <title>Diamond DA40 Star — Jacob_Esparza_Diamond_Star_DA40_Pre-Flight_Checklist</title>
  <contentHash>a1d4a37ef85d256cbfb9e356d8443a9e4bef0df9cb3b8556fd2195cd81b8ea67</contentHash>
  <aircraft make="Diamond" model="DA40 Star" variant="" category="standard_normal"/>
  <verification sourceFidelity="unreviewed" operationalReview="none" completeness="full"/>
  <rights status="licensed" license=""/>
  <knownIssue severity="content_gap">Section "Front Fuselage" item count differs between passes (9 vs 11); verify nothing was dropped.</knownIssue>
  <sections>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Cabin Check</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Maintenance Check</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Weight and Balance</text>
        <response>COMPUTED</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Airplane Documents</text>
        <response>ARROW ON BOARD</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Ignition Key</text>
        <response>REMOVED</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Front and Rear canopy</text>
        <response>UNDAMAGED/CLEAN</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>All Electrical Equipment</text>
        <response>OFF</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Circuit Breakers In</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Engine Control Levers</text>
        <response>CHECK CONDITION</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="8" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Throttle</text>
        <response>IDLE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="9" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Mixture</text>
        <response>FULL LEAN</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="10" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Prop</text>
        <response>FULL FORWARD</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="11" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Master Switch (BAT)</text>
        <response>ON</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="12" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Annunciator Panel</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="13" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuel Quantity</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="14" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Lights</text>
        <response>ON/CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="15" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Master Switch (BAT)</text>
        <response>OFF</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="16" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Loose Items Secure</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="17" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Flight Controls</text>
        <response>FREE AND CORRECT</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="18" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Baggage</text>
        <response>SECURED AND STOWED</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Left Main Landing Gear</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Landing Gear Strut</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wheel Fairing</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Pressure</text>
        <response>CHECK 36 P.S.I</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Wear</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire, Wheel, Brake</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Brake Line</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Slip Marks</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Chocks</text>
        <response>REMOVED</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Left Wing</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wing Surface</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Step</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Lower Surface Air Intake</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Lower Surface Openings</text>
        <response>CHECK FOR FUEL</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuel Sump</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Stall Warning</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tank Filler</text>
        <response>VISUALLY CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>2 Stall Strips on Wing</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="8" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Pitot Tube</text>
        <response>CLEAN ORFICES OPEN</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="9" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Landing/Taxi Light</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="10" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wing Tip</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="11" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Strobes and Position Lights</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="12" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Mooring</text>
        <response>CHECK CLEAR</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="13" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Aileron and Linkages</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="14" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Foreign Objects in Aileron Paddle</text>
        <response>REMOVE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="15" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Flap and Linkages</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="16" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Flap Hinges and Safety Pin</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Left Fuselage</title>
      <item type="action" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Canopy, left side</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Rear Cabin Door and Window</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuselage Skin</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Antennas</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Empennage</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Stabilizers and control surfaces</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Hinges</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Elevator Trim Tab</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Rudder Trim Tab</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Mooring on fin</text>
        <response>CHECK CLEAR</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tail Skid and lower fin</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Right Fuselage</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuselage Skin</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Window</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Canopy, Right Side</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Right Wing</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Flap and Linkage</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Flap hinges and safety pin</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Aileron and Linkages</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Aileron hinges and safety pin</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Foreign objects in aileron paddle</text>
        <response>REMOVE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wing tip</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Position and Strobe Lights</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Mooring</text>
        <response>CHECK CLEAR</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="8" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wing Surface</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="9" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>2 Stall Strips on Wing</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="10" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tank Filler</text>
        <response>VISUALLY CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="11" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Lower Surface Openings</text>
        <response>CHECK FOR FUEL</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="12" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuel Sump</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="13" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Step</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Right Main Landing Gear</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Landing Gear Strut</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wheel Fairing</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Inflation</text>
        <response>CHECK 36 PSI</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Wear and Depth</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Wheel Brake</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Brake Line</text>
        <response>CHECK FOR LEAKS</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Slip Marks</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Chocks</text>
        <response>REMOVE</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Front Fuselage</title>
      <item type="action" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Oil Level</text>
        <response>MIN 4 QTS FOR VFR / MIN 6 QTS FOR IFR</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Cowling</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>3 Air Intakes</text>
        <response>CLEAR</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Propeller</text>
        <response>MAX BLADE SHAKE 3 MM / MAX ANGULAR PLAY 2°</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Spinner and Screws</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Nose Gear</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire and Wheel</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Slip Marks</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="8" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Wear and Depth</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Front Fuselage (cont)</title>
      <item type="challenge" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Wheel Fairing</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tow Bar</text>
        <response>REMOVED</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Tire Pressure</text>
        <response>CHECK 29 PSI</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Chocks</text>
        <response>REMOVE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Exhaust</text>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Underside</title>
      <item type="action" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Antennas (if fitted)</text>
        <response>CHECK</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Gascolator</text>
        <response>STRAIN</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Venting Pipes</text>
        <response>CHECK FOR BLOCKAGE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Fuselage Underside</text>
        <response>CHECK FOR FLUIDS</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="" phase="preflight_inspection" criticality="normal">
      <title>Happy Flying!!!</title>
      <item type="note" index="0" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Happy Flying!!!</text>
      </item>
    </section>
  </sections>
</openChecklist>
