# Piper PA-28-181 Archer II_III — Roland_Bialy_PA28-181_checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Before TAKE OFF" item count differs between passes (22 vs 23); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "PRE - FLIGHT PA 28-181" item count differs between passes (12 vs 11); verify nothing was dropped.

## PRE - FLIGHT PA 28-181

**Preflight**
- [ ] Seat Belts, Shoulder Harness — **ON**
- [ ] Pax
- [ ] Radios / NAV / Avionics — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Fuel selector — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Park Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Flaps Full Range
- [ ] Trim
- [ ] Timer
- [ ] Freq XPDR ADF VOR BUGS — **SET**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **OFF**

## Engine Start

- [ ] Primer
- [ ] Rotating Beacon — **ON**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Prop Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Electrical Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Throttle — **1/4 INCH OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Throttle — **ADJUST 800-1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Press — **GREEN**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN FOR TAXI**
- [ ] Electrical Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternator
- [ ] Radio / Avionics — **ON**
- [ ] Suction
- [ ] Annunciator Warn — **OFF**
- [ ] A / P — **TEST**
- [ ] Elec Trim — **TEST**
- [ ] Gyro — **SET TO COMP**
- [ ] Altimeter — **QNH**
- [ ] XPDR — **STDBY**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **ALL IN**
- [ ] RPM
- [ ] Oil Press — **GREEN**
- [ ] Fuel Qty / Selector — **AS CALC / FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Start UP / T H P — **CONFIRMED**

## TAXI

- [ ] Toe Brakes
- [ ] Bank Indicator / Gyro / Comp

## RUN UP

- [ ] Park Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **2000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Press — **GREEN**
- [ ] Oil Temp — **GREEN**
- [ ] MAGNETOS L / R max — **DELTA 50 DROP 175 RPM CHECKED**
- [ ] Carb. Heat — **MAX DROP 100 RPM CHECKED**
- [ ] Gyro Suction — **DROP IN LIMITS**
- [ ] Alternator
- [ ] Throttle — **BACK TO IDLE - 1000 RPM**
- [ ] Oil Press — **GREEN**
- [ ] Oil Temp — **GREEN**
- [ ] Annunciators — **TEST**
- [ ] XPDR — **ON**

## Before TAKE OFF

- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] GYRO — **SET**
- [ ] Radios — **SET**
- [ ] AVIONICS — **SET**
- [ ] NAV BUGS — **SET**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQRD**
- [ ] Trim — **SET**
- [ ] A / P — **OFF**
- [ ] TAKE OFF BRIEFING
- [ ] EMERGENCY BRIEFING
- [ ] Window & Door — **SECURED**
- [ ] PARK BRAKE — **OFF**
- [ ] LINE UP — **READ BACK**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] RUNWAY — **LINE UP CENTER**
- [ ] GYRO — **COMPASS IDENTICAL**
- [ ] RUNWAY DESIGNATOR — **GYRO IDENTICAL**
- [ ] XPDR — **ALTITUDE**
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Anti-Coll.-, NAV-Light / Pitot Heat — **AS REQRD**
- [ ] TIME OFF

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-28-181 Archer II_III/Roland_Bialy_PA28-181_checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 2c8108b72a9b5081002f3f91a9b91c3d14bb5b368757d780085dff8ebf172cb1  
Verify against the aircraft's own approved documentation before use.