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  <title>Generic Single-Engine Piston — Ground Operations (FAA Airplane Flying Handbook)</title>
  <contentHash>b9185db02f250a23fc68da70577262de0d6d318ef3cb5fc6f8ef149088d76614</contentHash>
  <aircraft make="Generic" model="Single-Engine Piston" variant="" category="standard_normal"/>
  <verification sourceFidelity="unreviewed" operationalReview="none" completeness="partial"/>
  <rights status="public_domain" license="CC0-1.0"/>
  <knownIssue severity="content_gap">Covers taxi, before-takeoff, takeoff and after-landing checks only. Contains no preflight inspection, no engine start, no in-flight and no emergency procedures.</knownIssue>
  <knownIssue severity="content_gap">Type-generic by construction. Every aircraft-specific value (RPM for the magneto check, vacuum range, flap settings, speeds) is either absent or a Handbook illustration, not a limitation for any real aircraft.</knownIssue>
  <knownIssue severity="uncertain_reading">The Handbook's numbered takeoff checks are phrased as questions. They are rendered here as action/response pairs, which is an interpretation rather than a transcription.</knownIssue>
  <sections>
    <section id="taxi" phase="taxi" criticality="normal">
      <title>Taxi</title>
      <item type="note" index="0" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Taxi checks are sometimes specified by the AFM/POH; accomplish any items that are required. Where none are specified, use the taxi to verify and cross-check the flight instruments.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Airspeed indicator</text>
        <response>AT OR NEAR ZERO</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Attitude indicator</text>
        <response>PITCH AND ROLL LEVEL, NO FLAGS</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Altimeter</text>
        <response>FIELD ELEVATION WITHIN LIMITS</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Turn indicator</text>
        <response>CORRECT DIRECTION, BALL OUTSIDE TURN, NO FLAGS</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Directional gyro</text>
        <response>SET AND CROSS-CHECKED TO MAGNETIC COMPASS</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Vertical speed indicator</text>
        <response>ZERO</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="before-takeoff" phase="before_takeoff" criticality="normal">
      <title>Before-Takeoff Check</title>
      <item type="reference" index="0" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Use the before-takeoff checklist in this aircraft's AFM/POH to perform the run-up.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="caution" index="1" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Choose a run-up location that is firm and free of debris. The propeller may pick up pebbles, dirt, sand or other loose objects and hurl them rearward, damaging the propeller and possibly the tail.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="caution" index="2" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Prolonged ground operation may overheat the cylinders long before oil temperature indicates a rise. Head as nearly as possible into the wind, and monitor cylinder head temperature if equipped.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Allow the airplane to roll forward slightly to align the nosewheel or tailwheel with the longitudinal axis</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Oil temperature</text>
        <response>WITHIN RANGE BEFORE HIGH POWER</response>
        <detail>Many engines require oil temperature to reach a minimum value stated in the AFM/POH before takeoff power is applied.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="subtitle" index="5" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Systems checked and set</text>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Fuel system</text>
        <response>ON, PROPER TANK SELECTED</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="7" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Trim</text>
        <response>SET FOR TAKEOFF</response>
        <detail>Includes elevator, and may also include rudder and aileron trim.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="8" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Flight controls</text>
        <response>FREE AND CORRECT, FULL TRAVEL</response>
        <detail>Full aileron, elevator and rudder deflection in all directions. A partial range of movement is not acceptable.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="9" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Engine operation</text>
        <response>TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES NORMAL, IGNITION AND CARBURETOR HEAT CHECKED</response>
        <detail>Magneto or FADEC operation within limits. Where a constant-speed or feathering propeller is fitted, check that the engine continues to run normally as the propeller is exercised.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="10" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Electrical system</text>
        <response>VOLTAGE IN RANGE, BATTERY CHARGING</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="11" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Vacuum system</text>
        <response>IN RANGE</response>
        <condition>If equipped</condition>
        <detail>Typically between 4.8 and 5.2 inches of mercury at 2,000 RPM; refer to the AFM/POH for the manufacturer's values. Mechanical gyroscopic instruments need adequate time to spool up before departure.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="12" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Flight instruments</text>
        <response>RECHECKED AND SET FOR DEPARTURE</response>
        <detail>Verify the directional gyro and magnetic compass agree. A heading bug may be set to the runway heading in use or as assigned by ATC.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="13" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Avionics</text>
        <response>SET</response>
        <detail>Frequencies, initial navigation sources and courses, autopilot preselects and transponder code.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="14" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="1">
        <text>Takeoff briefing</text>
        <response>COMPLETE, OUT LOUD</response>
        <detail>Made out loud by the pilot even when no other person is there to listen. Includes visual verification of the correct surface and direction, to preclude a wrong-surface departure; the type of takeoff, runway, wind, rotation speed, initial turn and altitude; and the actions planned for engine failure below rotation speed, after rotation with runway remaining, and after rotation with no runway remaining.</detail>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="takeoff-checks" phase="takeoff" criticality="normal">
      <title>Takeoff Checks</title>
      <item type="action" index="0" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Runway numbers vs. magnetic compass and heading indicator</text>
        <response>AGREE</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Doors and windows</text>
        <response>LATCHED AND CLOSED AS REQUIRED</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="2" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Controls</text>
        <response>POSITIONED FOR CROSSWIND</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="3" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Power</text>
        <response>CORRECT</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="4" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Engine RPM</text>
        <response>NORMAL</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="5" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Engine</text>
        <response>SMOOTH</response>
      </item>
      <item type="action" index="6" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Engine instruments</text>
        <response>NORMAL, IN GREEN RANGES</response>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section id="after-landing" phase="after_landing" criticality="normal">
      <title>After Landing</title>
      <item type="warning" index="0" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Perform the after-landing checklist only after the airplane is stopped clear of the runway holding position markings. Pilots have retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps by manipulating the wrong handle while the airplane was still moving.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="challenge" index="1" tickable="true" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Slow gradually to normal taxi speed with normal brake pressure before turning off the landing runway</text>
        <detail>Any significant degree of turn at faster speeds could damage the landing gear, tires, brakes or airframe.</detail>
      </item>
      <item type="note" index="2" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>This sequence may be modified where the manufacturer recommends that specific after-landing items be accomplished during the landing rollout, for example retracting flaps to improve braking after a short-field landing. Positively identify the flap control before moving it.</text>
      </item>
      <item type="reference" index="3" tickable="false" memoryItem="false" indent="0">
        <text>Use the after-landing checklist in this aircraft's AFM/POH.</text>
      </item>
    </section>
  </sections>
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