# Jabiru J200_J400 — EmileOosthuizen_Jabiru200and400_Checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Before Take-off" item count differs between passes (29 vs 5); verify nothing was dropped.

## Before Every Flight

- [ ] Read Local Rules
- [ ] Check Weather
- [ ] Briefing Notices
- [ ] Check Booking Sheets
- [ ] Sign Autho Sheet
- [ ] Take Headset, and Fuel Strainer

## Before Start

- [ ] Pre-flight
- [ ] Doors
- [ ] Seats
- [ ] Harness
- [ ] Headset
- [ ] (Top to Bottom, Left To Right)
- [ ] Electrics
- [ ] Ignition
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Fuel
- [ ] Throttle
- [ ] Prop Pitch
- [ ] Mixture
- [ ] Alt air
- [ ] Throttle friction
- [ ] Primer
- [ ] Brakes

## Start Checks

- [ ] Call clear
- [ ] Look Out
- [ ] Engine Start

## After Start

**(ROAMIRS)**
- [ ] Rpm
- [ ] Oil
- [ ] Alt air
- [ ] Mixture
- [ ] Instruments
- [ ] Radios
- [ ] Security

## Taxi Checks

- [ ] Brakes
- [ ] Instruments

## Before Take-off

- [ ] PARK PLANE INTO WIND
- [ ] Brakes
- [ ] Prop Blast
- [ ] Fuel
- [ ] Mixture
- [ ] Services
- [ ] Inspection Complete
- [ ] Closed
- [ ] Locked in Pos.
- [ ] Tight
- [ ] Plugged In
- [ ] Scan
- [ ] Avionics off, rotating beacon on, Master on, circuit breakers in.
- [ ] Key pos. at off
- [ ] Retracted
- [ ] Fuel Pump on 6 sec/On
- [ ] Open 1-2 cm
- [ ] (Not applicable)
- [ ] Full Mixture
- [ ] Set to QNH
- [ ] Finger Tight
- [ ] Prime a Few Times/out
- [ ] Applied
- [ ] Prop clear — **Make sure prop clear**
- [ ] Start engine
- [ ] 1200 rpm — **Oil press. Read in 30 seconds**
- [ ] Set to QNH — **Mixture full, magnetos on**
- [ ] L-R T-B — **Selected on, correct freq.**
- [ ] Harness, brakes working — **Test**

## Taxi Checks — Instruments

- [ ] 1. Compass (L-decreas R-increase)
- [ ] 2. A/H Stable
- [ ] 3. D.I. (Same as Compass)
- [ ] 4. Turn left, ball to the right.  Turn right, ball to the left.
- [ ] 5. Turn left, wings left, turn right, wings right
- [ ] 6. ADF tracking
- [ ] 7. Temps. & Press. In green
- [ ] 8. Fuel check
- [ ] Set, Park Brake
- [ ] Check Behind
- [ ] Select fullest main tank/both/contents
- [ ] Fully rich
- [ ] Check all instruments

## Engine Run Up

- [ ] Throttle — **Run Up RPM**
- [ ] D.I. — **Set To Compass**
- [ ] Suction — **Check 4-6**
- [ ] Temps. and press. — **Normal**
- [ ] Mixture — **Check till drop and back**
- [ ] Prop Pitch — **Cycled**
- [ ] Carburettor heat — **Check (Not more than 1.75)**
- [ ] Magnetos — **One by one, Off and On**
- [ ] Throttle — **Full back, and the 1200-rpm**

## Pre Take Off

**(To Many Co-Pilots Go Fly in Heaven Early)**
- [ ] Test Controls — **Correct and free movement**
- [ ] Throttle and friction — **Idle and finger tight**
- [ ] Trim — **For Take**
- [ ] Master — **On**
- [ ] Mixture — **Fully Rich**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Both On**
- [ ] Prop pitch — **Fully Fine**
- [ ] Primer — **In And Locked**
- [ ] Pressures and temps. — **All In green and in limits**
- [ ] Gills — **Check Instruments**
- [ ] Gyros — **Check Instruments**
- [ ] Fuel — **Fuel pump on, fuel pressure**
- [ ] Flaps — **Set for take-off**
- [ ] Instruments — **Top to Bottom, left to Right**
- [ ] Harness — **Tight and secured**
- [ ] Hatches — **Closed and locked**
- [ ] Electrics — **Check radio and lights**

## Take-Off Briefing

- [ ] Review Speeds — **Rotate, Climb and best glide**
- [ ] Abort procedure — **Sufficient runway remaining**
- [ ] Engine failure — **Insufficient runway, SFFF**
- [ ] Departure Clearance — **Obtain and review**
- [ ] Call “Ready”
- [ ] Strobes and Transponder — **S-On, T-Alt when cleared on runway**
- [ ] Landing light — **On when cleared for take-off**

## Line up Checks

**(When do flaps retract)**
- [ ] Windsock — **Stick into wind**
- [ ] DI aligned — **Aligned with r/w heading**
- [ ] Flaps — **Set for take-off**
- [ ] Reference point — **Pick on end off runway**

## After Take-Off

**300’ AGL**
- [ ] Brakes — **Apply to stop wheels**
- [ ] Undercarriage — **Retract**
**500’ AGL**
- [ ] Brakes — **Apply**
- [ ] Undercarriage — **Confirm up and locked**
- [ ] Power — **Set for climb**
- [ ] Pitch — **Set for climb**
- [ ] Mixture — **Set for climb**
- [ ] Fuel — **Fuel pump off, contents and selection**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract**
- [ ] Instruments — **Check services and speeds**
- [ ] Electrics — **Landing and strobes off**

## Pre-Manoeuvring Checks

**(Hasell)**
- [ ] Height — **2000’ AGL after recovery**
- [ ] Airframe — **Flaps, landing gear, brakes of, trim**
- [ ] Security — **Hatches and Harnesses**
- [ ] Engine — **Fuel cont. and pump on, mix. & Carb**
- [ ] Location — **Contr. airspaces, towns, aerodroms etc.**
- [ ] Look out — **360* inspection turn**

## TOC, TOD & Field APP checks

**(FREDAAS)**
- [ ] Fuel — **Contents, selection**
- [ ] Radios — **Correct freq.**
- [ ] Engine — **Temp. and Press. (Nav. Carbheat)**
- [ ] D.I. — **Set to compass**
- [ ] Security — **Harnesses, doors, etc.**

## Downwind Checks

- [ ] Brakes — **Check for brake pressure**
- [ ] Undercarriage — **Down**
- [ ] Mixture — **Fully rich**
- [ ] Prop Pitch — **Set for climb**
- [ ] Power — **As required**
- [ ] Fuel — **Fuel pump on, selection**
- [ ] Flaps — **As Required**
- [ ] Instruments — **Check Temps. And Press.**
- [ ] Electrics — **Landing lights and strobes**

## Base Leg Checks

- [ ] Carbheat — **On below 2000rpm**
- [ ] Power — **As Required**
- [ ] Flaps — **As Required**

## Final APP Checks

**(CUFFT)**
- [ ] Carbheat — **Off**
- [ ] Undercaraige — **Down and locked**
- [ ] Fuel — **Fuel pump and, contents**
- [ ] Flaps — **As required**
- [ ] Trim — **Constant ROD**

## After Landing Checks

- [ ] Flaps — **Retracted**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **Off**
- [ ] Landing Light — **Off**
- [ ] Strobes — **Off**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean for Taxi**
- [ ] Transponder — **Standby**

## Shut Down Checks

- [ ] Brakes — **On**
- [ ] Avionics — **Off**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Dead-cut check**
- [ ] Mixture — **Full back**
- [ ] Throttle — **Closed**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Off**
- [ ] Beacon — **Off**
- [ ] Master — **Off**
- [ ] Aircraft — **Secured**

## Engine Failure

**(SFFF)**
- [ ] Speed — **65 Knots**
- [ ] Field — **30* inside heading**
- [ ] Fault — **Find Fault**
- [ ] Flaps — **Full**

## Engine Fire

- [ ] Engine Shutdown — **All Off**
- [ ] Cabin Vent — **Closed**
- [ ] Extinguish fire — **Use it**
- [ ] Mayday Call — **Inform tower**
- [ ] Land ASAP — **Bad luck!!!**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Jabiru/J200_J400/EmileOosthuizen_Jabiru200and400_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: e465d4f688374f47484f4fd497d9648f1b0d62349ff2240ebbdfd6189a0039fa  
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