# Mooney M20J_MSE — mooney_m20j_checklist_mwaugh

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Before Start" item count differs between passes (165 vs 16); verify nothing was dropped.

## Before Start

- [ ] Preflight — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **____ G**
- [ ] Paperwork — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Radio Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **STAND-BY**
- [ ] Mixture — **CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Propeller — **HIGH**
- [ ] Seats/Seat Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **CORRECT TANK**
- [ ] Briefing — **Complete**
**Electrical Power On**
- [ ] Master — **ON**
- [ ] Anti-Collision — **ON**
- [ ] Annunciators — **TEST**
- [ ] Electric Stand-by Vac. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Brakes — **SET**
**Starting**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH (7 secs)**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN ¼”**
- [ ] Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Engine — **START**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
**After Start**
- [ ] Engine/Inst. — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Trim — **ON**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Radios — **ON/SET**
- [ ] Time Out — **______**
- [ ] Autopilot — **CHECK**
- [ ] Stand-by Vacuum — **CHECK**
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS — **OBTAIN**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Heading — **SET**
**Taxi Checks**
- [ ] Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flight Instruments. — **CORRECT**
**Runup**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Engine — **1900 RPM**
- [ ] Magnetos — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Propeller — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Electrical — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Vacuum — **CHECKED**
**Before Takeoff**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE/CORRECT**
- [ ] Seats/Seat Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Trim — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Annunciator Lts — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Door/Window — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
**Taking Runway**
- [ ] Flaps — **Takeoff**
- [ ] Heading — **RUNWAY**
- [ ] Time Off — **______**
**Takeoff**
- [ ] Rotate — **63 K**
- [ ] Climb — **85 K**
- [ ] Gear — **UP (No Runway)**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
**500 AGL**
- [ ] Throttle — **25”**
- [ ] Propeller — **2500 RPM**
- [ ] Climb — **100 K**
**Climb**
- [ ] Gear — **UP**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Power/RPM — **25”/2500**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN (if needed)**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **TRAIL**
**Cruise**
- [ ] Power/RPM — **SET**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSE**
- [ ] Ram Air — **AS NEEDED**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Engine Inst. — **CHECK**
- [ ] Ammeter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Vacuum — **CHECK**
**Approach**
- [ ] Seats/Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity — **______ G**
- [ ] Ram Air — **OFF**
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS — **OBTAINED**
- [ ] Briefing — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Radios — **SET**
- [ ] Heading — **SET**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Lights — **ON**
**Final Approach Fix**
- [ ] Instruments — **NO FLAGS**
- [ ] Gear — **DOWN**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
**Landing**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Gear — **DOWN**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **ADVANCED**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Flaps — **LANDING**
**Approach Speeds**
- [ ] Downwind — **100 K**
- [ ] Gear/Flaps — **80 K**
- [ ] Short Final — **71 K**
**Speeds**
- [ ] VX — **66 K**
- [ ] VY — **85 K**
- [ ] Best Glide — **90 K**
- [ ] VA — **120K**
- [ ] VFE — **115 K**
- [ ] VLO (Retract) — **105 K**
- [ ] VLO (Extend) — **130 K**
- [ ] VLE — **130 K**
**Power Settings**
**Condition | MP | RPM | GPH**
- [ ] Takeoff — **Full | 2700 | 18**
- [ ] Initial Climb — **25” | 2500 | 14**
- [ ] Cruise Climb — **24” | 2500 | 10**
- [ ] Cruise — **24 | 2400 | 9.6**
- [ ] Cruise — **22 | 2400 | 8.2**
- [ ] Cruise — **22 | 2200 | 7.8**
- [ ] Cruise — **18 | 2200 | 6.8**
- [ ] Descent — **16 | 2200/2400 | 6.1**
**After Landing**
- [ ] Time Down — **______**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Trim — **TAKEOFF**
**Shutdown**
- [ ] Radios — **OFF**
- [ ] Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSE**
- [ ] Magnetos — **OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**
**Securing**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **SECURE**
- [ ] Window — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Sun Shields — **INSTALLED**
- [ ] Tie-downs — **INSTALLED**
- [ ] Baggage Lights — **OFF**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Mooney/M20J_MSE/mooney_m20j_checklist_mwaugh.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: c8345a4a9e9429131b8a0419f1acfbaaa3146bfe7d083604d0e7fbc2592ca7f4  
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