# Piper PA-28-140 — jochman-clpa28140

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

## Engine Failure During Takeoff Run (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Brakes — **APPLY**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master — **OFF**

## Engine Failure Immediately After Takeoff (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **MAINTAIN SAFE AIRSPEED**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **SWITCH TANKS**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**

## Engine Failure During Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **83 MPH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **SWITCH TANKS**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **BOTH**
- [ ] Primer — **IN & LOCKED**
> **NOTE:** If engine failure was caused by fuel exhaustion, power will not be regained after tanks are switched until empty fuel lines are filled, which may require up to ten seconds.

## Landing w/o Engine Power (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Airspeed — **83 MPH**
- [ ] Radio — **MAYDAY on 121.5 MHz**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Door — **OPEN**
> **NOTE:** Touchdown should be made at lowest possible airspeed with full flaps.

## Spins (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Rudder — **FULL OPPOSITE TO ROTATION**
- [ ] Control Wheel — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Rudder — **NEUTRAL (WHEN ROTATION STOPS)**
- [ ] Control Wheel — **REGAIN LEVEL FLIGHT**

## Electrical Fire in Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Vents — **OPEN**
- [ ] Cabin Heat and Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Land — **AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

## Engine Fire in Flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Cabin Heat and Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Defroster — **OFF**
- [ ] Forced Landing — **EXECUTE**

## Engine Fire During Start On Ground (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Cranking — **CONTINUE**
**If Engine Starts:**
- [ ] Power — **1800 RPM for a few minutes**
- [ ] Engine — **SHUTDOWN & INSPECT**
    - [ ] Fuel Selector — **OFF**
    - [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
    - [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
**If Engine Fails to Start:**
- [ ] Passengers — **EVACUATE**
- [ ] Engine — **SECURE**
    - [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
    - [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
    - [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
    - [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **OFF**
- [ ] Fire — **EXTINGUISH**

## Cockpit

- [ ] Required Documents — **AVAILABLE**
- [ ] Control Wheel — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Quantity Gauges — **CHECK**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **DOWN**

## Right Wing

- [ ] Flap — **SECURE & UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Aileron — **FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT**
- [ ] Wing Tip & Light — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Aileron Counterweight — **UNOBSTRUCTED**
- [ ] Tiedown — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Fuel Tank — **FULL, CAP SECURE**
- [ ] Tank Drain — **DRAIN, SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel — **PROPER COLOR**
- [ ] Landing Gear, Fairing — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Tire — **PROPERLY INFLATED**
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVED**

## Nose

- [ ] Windshield — **CLEAN & UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Engine Oil Level — **2 Qts. MIN, 8 Qts MAX**
- [ ] Engine Oil Dipstick — **SECURED**
- [ ] Propeller & Spinner — **SECURE, UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Cowling — **SECURE, UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Landing Light — **SECURE, UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Nose Gear, Fairing — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Tire — **PROPERLY INFLATED**
- [ ] Tow Bar — **REMOVED & STOWED**
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Alternator Belt — **PROPER TENSION**
- [ ] Fuel Sump Drain — **DRAIN, SECURE**

## Left Wing

- [ ] Fuel Tank — **FULL, CAP SECURE**
- [ ] Tank Drain — **DRAIN, SECURE**
- [ ] Fuel — **PROPER COLOR**
- [ ] Landing Gear, Fairing — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Tire — **PROPERLY INFLATED**
- [ ] Chocks — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Wing Tip & Light — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Aileron Counterweight — **UNOBSTRUCTED**
- [ ] Tiedown — **REMOVED**
- [ ] Pitot Mast — **UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Aileron — **FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT**
- [ ] Flap — **SECURE & UNDAMAGED**

## Empennage

- [ ] Elevators — **FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT**
- [ ] Rudder — **FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT**
- [ ] Trim Tabs — **SECURE, UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Tail Cone & Light — **SECURE, UNDAMAGED**
- [ ] Tie Down — **REMOVED**

## Before Starting Engine

- [ ] Preflight Inspection — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Seats, Belts, Shoulder Harness — **ADJUSTED, LOCKED**
- [ ] Door — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Radio, Autopilot, Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Controls — **CHECK**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK**

## Engine Start (COLD)

- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN ¼ INCH**
- [ ] Propeller — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Ignition Switch — **START**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Engine — **WARM UP 1000 RPM**
- [ ] Radios — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Before Taxi

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Radios — **ON, CHECKED**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Flight Instruments — **SET**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Throttle — **2000 RPM**
- [ ] Magnetos — **CHECK (175 RPM Max drop, 50 RPM diff.)**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON, CHECK RPM, OFF**
- [ ] Engine Instruments — **IN GREEN ARC**
- [ ] Vacuum Gauge — **4.9-5.1**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **SET**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Throttle Friction Lock — **ADJUSTED**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **OFF, CHECK, ON**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **ON-ALT**

## Normal Takeoff

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Rotate — **50-60 MPH**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **85 MPH**

## Short Field Takeoff, Obstacle Clearance

- [ ] Flaps — **25° (Second Notch)**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Rotate — **55-60 MPH**
- [ ] Initial Climb Speed — **74 MPH**

## Climb

- [ ] Normal Climb — **85-100 MPH**
- [ ] VY – Best Rate of Climb Speed — **85 MPH**
- [ ] VX – Best Angle of Climb Speed — **74 MPH**

## Cruise

- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Power — **2200-2600 RPM**
- [ ] Trim Tab — **SET**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **SWITCH AS NEEDED**

## Before Landing

- [ ] Seats, Belts, Shoulder Harness — **ADJUST, LOCK**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **ON, FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED, BELOW 115 MPH**
- [ ] Airspeed — **85 MPH**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON AS REQUIRED**

## After Landing

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Shut-Down, Securing Airplane

- [ ] Electrical Equipment, Radios, Lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Ignition — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET (IF REQUIRED)**
- [ ] Chocks/Tiedowns — **INSTALLED**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **OFF**

## Speeds for Normal Operation

> **NOTE:** Vx 74 MPH = Best Angle of Climb Speed
> **NOTE:** Vy 85 MPH = Best Rate of Climb Speed
> **NOTE:** Vbest l/d 83 MPH = Best Glide (lift/drag), flaps up/down
> **NOTE:** Vs 64 MPH = Stall Speed, normal configuration
> **NOTE:** Vso 55 MPH = Stall Speed, landing configuration
> **NOTE:** Vfo 115 MPH = Maximum Flap Extension Speed
> **NOTE:** Va 129 MPH = Maneuvering Speed (at gross weight)
> **NOTE:** Vno 140 MPH = Maximum Structural Cruising Speed
> **NOTE:** Vne 171 MPH = Never Exceed Speed
> **NOTE:** 100 MPH = Normal Climb Out
> **NOTE:** 74 MPH = Short Field T/O, Flaps 25°
> **NOTE:** 85 MPH = Normal Landing Approach, Flaps Up
> **NOTE:** 76 MPH = Normal Landing Approach, Flaps 40°
> **NOTE:** 76 MPH = Short Field Approach, Flaps 40°

## Specifications

> **NOTE:** 2150 lbs = Maximum Gross Weight
> **NOTE:** 1340 lbs = Basic Empty Weight
> **NOTE:** 594 lbs = Payload With Standard Fuel
> **NOTE:** 8.4 gph = Fuel Flow @ 75% Power
> **NOTE:** 50 gal = Total Fuel Capacity
> **NOTE:** 36 gal = Standard Fuel Capacity
> **NOTE:** 100LL = Fuel Octane Rating (Blue)
> **NOTE:** 8 qts = Oil Sump Capacity
> **NOTE:** 2 qts = Minimum Oil Quantity
> **NOTE:** 150 hp = Lycoming O-320
> **NOTE:** 12 V = Battery
> **NOTE:** 3.8g = Positive Limit Load Factor
> **NOTE:** 0g = Negative Limit Load Factor

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-28-140/jochman-clpa28140.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: f53a62a4af2a2fb966d6cf963bb81a079f93d11695a10b3dc6919710e5a4359c  
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