# Mooney M20J_MSE — phil_vergese_m20j

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

## INITIAL PREFLIGHT

- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Gear Switch — **DOWN**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Gauges — **NOTE QUANTITY**
- [ ] Annc. Lights — **PRESS TO TEST**
- [ ] Nav, Strobe, Landing Light — **ON**
**Outside**
- [ ] Wingtip & Tail Lights — **CHECK**
- [ ] Stall Horn — **TEST**
**Inside**
- [ ] Nav, Strobe, Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Electric Gyros — **SPOOLING**
- [ ] Autopilot — **TEST**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternate Static — **IN**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Fuel Drain — **LEFT & RIGHT (5 sec)**
- [ ] Check Drained Fuel — **OUTSIDE**
**RIGHT REAR**
- [ ] Grab Fuel Tester & Rag
- [ ] Antennas — **CHECK**
- [ ] Right Side Static Port — **CLEAR**
**EMPENNAGE**
- [ ] Tail Tiedown — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Elevator & Rudder Attach — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tail Light — **SECURE**
- [ ] Tail Area Frost — **REMOVE**
**LEFT REAR**
- [ ] Left Side Static Port — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Tail Cone Access Door — **SECURE**
- [ ] Static System Drain — **CHECK**
**LEFT WING**
- [ ] Wing Skins — **CHECK**
- [ ] Frost — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Flap & Aileron Attach Points — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wing Tip — **CHECK**
- [ ] Leading Edge & Stall Strip — **CHECK**
- [ ] Pitot Tube — **CHECK (remove cover)**
- [ ] Stall Switch — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Tank — **CHECK QUANTITY**
- [ ] Tiedown — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Left Gear & Discs (30 psi) — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Drain — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Tank Vent — **UNOBSTRUCTED**
- [ ] Pitot System Drain — **CHECK**
**LEFT COWLING**
- [ ] Central Drain Valve — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Windshield — **CLEAN**
- [ ] Cowl Fastners — **SECURE**
**N201UT V2.3**
**PROP AREA**
- [ ] Propeller — **CHECK**
- [ ] Alternator Belt — **CHECK**
- [ ] Air Filter — **CHECK**
- [ ] Ram Air Door — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Landing Light — **CHECK**
- [ ] Nose Gear & Discs (49 psi) — **CHECK**
**RIGHT COWLING**
- [ ] Cowl Fastners — **SECURE**
- [ ] Oil Level — **CHECK (>7 gal)**
- [ ] Windshield — **CLEAN**
**RIGHT WING**
- [ ] Fuel Drain — **SAMPLE**
- [ ] Tank Vent — **UNOBSTRUCTED**
- [ ] Right Gear & Discs (30 psi) — **CHECK**
- [ ] Tiedown — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Fuel Tank — **CHECK QUANTITY**
- [ ] Leading Edge & Stall Strip — **CHECK**
- [ ] Wing Skins — **CHECK**
- [ ] Frost — **REMOVE**
- [ ] Wing Tip — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flap & Aileron Attach Points — **CHECK**

## PASSENGER BRIEFING

- [ ] Bathroom Check
- [ ] Cell phones OFF
- [ ] "No Step" areas
- [ ] Treat all props as live. "Clear"
> **NOTE:** Help Spotting Planes. Best way is to look at one spot for 2-3 seconds.
> **NOTE:** Turbulence. Uncomfortable for us, but no danger to the aircraft.
> **NOTE:** Ears. Let me know if you feel pain. Swallow or yawn as we climb & descend
> **NOTE:** Questions (now or in-flight). No talking during takeoff and landing
> **NOTE:** Seatbelts at all times. No smoking.
> **NOTE:** If there's anything I do with the airplane that makes you uncomfortable, let me know right away.
> **NOTE:** If you feel queasy tell me right away, look outside, nearest vent. Location of airsickness bags.
**Inside Plane**
> **NOTE:** Don't touch the anything without asking! If seat slips on takeoff, don't grab the yoke. Rudders.
- [ ] Vents (location & operation)
> **NOTE:** Intercom is voice activated. I do checklists aloud.
> **NOTE:** Radio callsign. Stop talking during incoming radio traffic. Hand up.
> **NOTE:** Door – you control it & don't slam it
> **NOTE:** Emergency Exit procedure (through door). Other exits

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Tiedowns — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Cell Phones — **OFF**
- [ ] Hobbs Time — **RECORD**
- [ ] Passenger Brief — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Baggage Door — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Seats, Seat Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Fuel — **LOWER TANK**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Master — **ON**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Gear Light / Lever — **ON / DOWN**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Ram Air — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Prop — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttle — **1/4 (Full if flooded)**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Key — **IN SWITCH**
**PRIME (if >4 hours)**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON UNTIL 15**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH (5 sec)**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
**START**
- [ ] Prop Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Mags — **START**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Mixture — **3/4**
- [ ] Avionics — **ON**
- [ ] Nav Lights — **AS REQ**
- [ ] ATIS/AWOS — **CHECK**
- [ ] Altimiter — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
**TAXI**
- [ ] ATC — **CLEARANCE**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Turn Indicator / Ball — **CHECK**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **CHECK**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **TRACKING**
- [ ] Compass — **KNOWN HEADINGS**
- [ ] Trim — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF & HDG MODE**
- [ ] Heading Bug — **TOP OF DG**
- [ ] Autpilot — **ON & HDG HOLD ON**
- [ ] Rotate Bug to either side
- [ ] Override Autopilot each direction
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**

## RUNUP

- [ ] Parking Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Instruments — **CHECK**
- [ ] Fuel — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Ram Air — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Throttle — **2000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **BEST POWER**
- [ ] Prop — **CYCLE (3x)**
- [ ] Mags — **(drop < 175, diff < 50)**
- [ ] Temps / Alt / Vac / Fuel — **GREEN**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **GREEN**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
**HOLD SHORT LINE**
- [ ] Flaps — **TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Trim — **ON & TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Charts / Plates / Log — **READY**
- [ ] COM & NAV — **FIRST FREQS**
- [ ] OBS, ADF, DME — **SET**
- [ ] Headset — **ON**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **OPEN?**
- [ ] Window & Door — **LATCH**
- [ ] Time Off — **LOG**
- [ ] ATC — **TOWER**
**CLEARED TO ACTIVE**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Strobes — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON (as req)**
**>1000' AGL**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL**
- [ ] Prop — **2600**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Temps / Alt / Vac / Fuel — **GREEN**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Caps — **LOOK FOR LEAKS**
**CRUISE**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL**
- [ ] Prop — **2400**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN**
- [ ] Temps / Alt / Vac / Fuel — **GREEN**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Tank — **SWITCH?**

## DESCENT

- [ ] Fuel — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Mixture — **ENRICH**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Ram Air — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Temps / Alt / Vac / Fuel — **GREEN**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
**CLEAR ACTIVE**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Strobes — **OFF**
**SHUT DOWN**
- [ ] All Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Overhead Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Timer — **STOPPED**
- [ ] Headset — **OFF**
- [ ] GPS — **OFF**
- [ ] Hobbs Time — **RECORD**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSED**

## PRE-APPROACH

- [ ] ATIS, Approach in use
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Altimiter — **SET**
- [ ] Radios — **SET & IDENT**
- [ ] DME — **SET**
- [ ] Marker Beacons — **TEST & AUDIO ON**

## APPROACH BRIEFING

- [ ] Airport, Approach & Runway
- [ ] IAF & Procedure Turn
- [ ] FAF & Final Approach Course
- [ ] Minimums — **MDA/DA & VIS**
- [ ] Circling — **ALTITUDE & NOTES**
- [ ] TDZE
- [ ] MAP — **How to ID?**
- [ ] Missed Approach Proc — **INITIAL**

## IFR REQUIRED REPORTS

- [ ] Vacating assigned altitude
- [ ] Altitude change when VFR on TOP
- [ ] Unable to climb / desc 500 FPM
- [ ] Change in TAS 5% or 10 knots
- [ ] Missed Approach
- [ ] Arrival at Clearance Limit
- [ ] Arrival / leaving Holding Fix
- [ ] Loss of any Nav or Com
- [ ] Safety, including hazardous WX
**When not in Radar Contact**
- [ ] Compulsory points or fixes in clearance
- [ ] FAF inbound
- [ ] ETA change greater than 3 minutes

## ICING CONDITIONS (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Ram Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Heat — **OFF**
> **NOTE:** Leave off if engine is running rough
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Static Air — **ALTERNATE**
- [ ] Change — **HDG and/or ALTITUDE**

## ENGINE FAILURE or ROUGH (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **105 MPH**
- [ ] Landing Field — **SELECT**
- [ ] Mixture — **CHECK**
- [ ] Throttle — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **ON**
> **NOTE:** If no restart, then turn Boost OFF
- [ ] Fuel — **OTHER TANK**
- [ ] Mags — **BOTH**

## AIR START PROCEDURE (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Propeller — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **CHECK**
> **NOTE:** Boost ON if no pressure
- [ ] Throttle — **25% FORWARD**
- [ ] Mags — **BOTH**
- [ ] Mixture — **SLOWLY TO FULL RICH**

## NO START (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] ELT — **ARM**
- [ ] Transponder — **7700**
- [ ] Radio — **121.5**
- [ ] Seat Belts — **SECURE**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Fuel — **OFF**
- [ ] Mags — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQ**
- [ ] Gear — **UP or DOWN**
- [ ] Door — **AJAR**
- [ ] Master — **OFF (prior to landing)**

## ALTERNATOR (EMERGENCY)

**Steady Alternator Warning Light**
> **NOTE:** Indicates high voltage due to voltage regulator exceeding limits
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF, then ON**
- [ ] Light on again? — **Alt Field Brkr OFF**
- [ ] All non-essential electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Land — **ASAP**
**Blinking Alternator Warning Light**
> **NOTE:** Indicates low voltage due to alternator malfunction, belt or breaker
- [ ] ALT FIELD BREAKER — **RESET**
- [ ] Light on again?
- [ ] All non-essential electrical — **OFF**
- [ ] Land — **ASAP**

## ENGINE FIRE – IN FLIGHT (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Fuel — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Cabin Vent & Heat — **CLOSED (fwd)**
- [ ] Landing Gear — **DOWN or UP**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **EXTEND**

## ENGINE FIRE – GROUND (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE**
- [ ] Fuel — **OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**

## ELECTRICAL FIRE (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Vent — **OPEN**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK**

## GEAR RETRACTION FAIL (EMERGENCY)

> **NOTE:** Airspeed or squat switch failed. 3 lights on: GR SAFETY BYPASS switch, GEAR DN, IN TRANSIT. Gear horn will sound.
- [ ] Gear Bypass Btn — **HOLD**
> **NOTE:** Hold until gear retracted
- [ ] Gear horn on? — **THEN**
- [ ] GEAR CONT Breaker — **OFF**
> **NOTE:** Push GEAR CONT breaker back in to extend gear.

## MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **125 MPH**
- [ ] Gear Circuit Breaker — **OFF**
- [ ] Gear Lever — **DOWN**
- [ ] Handcrank Lever — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Gear Crank — **CLOCKWISE**
> **NOTE:** Crank until light / floor indicator
> **WARNING:** Do not retract gear manually

## IFR LOST COMMS (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Squawk — **7600**
- [ ] VFR? — **Land ASAP**
**ROUTE**
- [ ] Last assigned by ATC
- [ ] Route ATC advised to expect
**ALTITUDE – HIGHEST OF**
- [ ] Last assigned by ATC
- [ ] Minimum IFR altitude
- [ ] Expected altitude in clearance
**Leave Clearance Limit (IAF)**
- [ ] At EFC time
- [ ] If no EFC given, at ETA time
**Leave Clearance Limit (not IAF)**
- [ ] At EFC time
- [ ] If no EFC given proceed to IAF and begin approach at ETA time

## LIGHT GUN SIGNALS

> **NOTE:** Color Green: Ground Takeoff / Flight Land
> **NOTE:** Flashing Green: Ground Taxi / Flight Return to land
> **NOTE:** Red: Ground Stop / Flight Yield and circle
> **NOTE:** Flashing Red: Ground Taxi clear of runway / Flight Airport Unsafe
> **NOTE:** Flashing White: Ground Return to start pt. / Flight N/A
> **NOTE:** Red / Green: Exercise extreme caution

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Mooney/M20J_MSE/phil_vergese_m20j.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: b8f15b6ffd8db20419430fdce5c9225a5fe475b14ce31082dd93edcdde088d22  
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