# Mooney M20C — doug_sperber_M20C

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Engine Start" item count differs between passes (25 vs 22); verify nothing was dropped.

## Engine Start

- [ ] Tach Time
- [ ] Step — **Raise**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **Fastened**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **All checked in**
- [ ] Comm. — **ATIS and Clearance obtained**
- [ ] Electrical — **switches, generator and radio master off (exc. fuel and beacon)**
- [ ] Gas selector — **Desired tank**
- [ ] Flaps — **Up and confirm visually**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **Off**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Open**
- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Prop — **High RPM**
- [ ] Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **On (Check Fuel Pressure), then Off**
- [ ] Throttle — **Pump 1 to 3 times, then 1/4” open**
- [ ] Beacon or Strobes — **On (Nav at night)**
- [ ] Brakes — **Set**
- [ ] Area & Prop — **“Clear”**
- [ ] Starter — **Engage**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **Check (Oil Pressure & Temp in green)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Leaned for Taxi**
- [ ] Electrical — **On (Avionics, Transponder, Etc.)**
- [ ] Transponder — **Standby**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **Release if engaged, Check Brakes before Taxi**

## Engine Run-Up

- [ ] Area — **Clear**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **On (Check Fuel Pressure)**
- [ ] Brakes — **Set**
- [ ] Throttle — **2000 RPM for 30 seconds, Lean to burn carbon deposits**
- [ ] Prop — **Cycle 2-3 times (Check for RPM and Oil Pressure drop)**
- [ ] Throttle — **Back to 1700 RPM**
- [ ] Boost pump — **Off (Check Fuel Pressure)**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **Check (Oil Pressure & Temp in green)**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Check (125 Max. Drop, 50 Max. Diff.)**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **On, Check for RPM Drop, then Off**
- [ ] Throttle — **Check idle with Carb Heat, then 1000RPM**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **Release if engaged**
> **NOTE:** Perform Pre-Takeoff Checklist

## Pre-Takeoff

- [ ] Instruments — **Check/Set (Altimeter, HI, AI, T&B, VSI, ASI)**
- [ ] Gear / Annunciator Lights — **Test**
- [ ] Gas Selector — **to desired tank for takeoff**
- [ ] Controls — **Free and correct**
- [ ] Trim — **Set for takeoff**
- [ ] Flaps — **Set for Takeoff (2 Pumps)**
- [ ] Gear Handle Area — **clear and un-obstructed**
- [ ] Comm. and Nav Radios — **Set for departure**
- [ ] Transponder — **Set and Standby**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **Fastened**
- [ ] Door — **Closed and locked (lever forward) - Window closed**

## Takeoff (Cleared for Takeoff)

- [ ] “LIGHTS” - Strobe Light — **On**
- [ ] “CAMERA” - Landing Light — **On**
- [ ] “ACTION” - Transponder — **On ALT**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **On**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Prop — **HIGH RPM**
- [ ] Doors, Windows, Seatbelts — **Secure**
- [ ] Time — **Time**

## Climb-out

- [ ] Climb — **Positive rate**
- [ ] Gear — **Up at 80 MIAS (Apply brakes to stop tire rotation)**
- [ ] Flaps — **Up at 90 MIAS**
- [ ] Airspeed — **105-120 MIAS for climb-out**
- [ ] Power — **MP 25”, RPM 2500 for Climb**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **Off (Check fuel pressure)**
- [ ] Landing Light — **Off**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **Check (Oil Pressure and Temp in green)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean as neccessary**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Close when transitioning to cruise**

## Approach to Landing

- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Closed**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **On**
- [ ] Gas Selector — **Fullest tank**
- [ ] Mixture — **Set as desired**
- [ ] Seatbelts — **Fastened**
- [ ] Brakes — **Check for Pressure**
- [ ] Landing Light — **On**
- [ ] Engine Guages — **Check**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **On**
- [ ] Gear — **Down when less than 120 MIAS**
- [ ] GUMPS Check (Approach to Land, Downwind, Base, and Final)

## Post Landing (When clear of the runway)

- [ ] Transponder — **Standby**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **Off**
- [ ] Landing Light — **Off**
- [ ] Flaps — **Up**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **Open**
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean for Taxi**

## Engine Shut-down

- [ ] Switches — **Off (Avionics, Lights)**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Magnetos — **Grounding Check (Off, then BOTH)**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Throttle — **Full Idle (When engine starts to stop)**
- [ ] Master Switch — **Off**
- [ ] Ignition — **Off and Key out**

## Preflight

- [ ] clean windscreen with vertical strokes only
- [ ] 1.mags off
- [ ] 2.right Tank - fuel level and fuel drain
- [ ] 3.left Tank - fuel level and fuel drain
- [ ] 4.Pitot Tube - clear
- [ ] 5.left Control Surfaces - attach bolts secure.
- [ ] 6.left Brake and Tyre
- [ ] 7.Tailplane Control Surfaces - attach bolts & "bungees" secure.
- [ ] 8.Static Ports - clear
- [ ] 9.Flap Attach Bolts - view both flaps from wing root
- [ ] 10.right Control Surfaces - attach bolts secure
- [ ] 11.right Brake and Tyre
- [ ] 12.front Tyre
- [ ] 13.Prop - undamaged, cowling free of debris first flight of day
- [ ] 14.Oil aeroshell - look behind rear seats - 6 qt. min.
- [ ] 15.Fuel - water contamination - where appropriate, check cowl strainer last

## V-Speeds (MPH IAS)

- [ ] Vs: 67
- [ ] Vs0: 57
- [ ] Vlo/le: 120
- [ ] Vfe: 100
- [ ] Vno: 150
- [ ] Vm: 132
- [ ] Vne: 189
- [ ] Vy (Used): 105
- [ ] Vy (charts): 80-103
- [ ] Vx: 80
- [ ] Rotate: 65-75
- [ ] Cruise Climb: 115-120
- [ ] Approach: 90, 80 on short final

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Mooney/M20C/doug_sperber_M20C.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: b167985a5d7f4e9ad0f67ba3a0b8e827f1a88b65ad514aebe40db3d9c0b809df  
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