# Piper PA-28-200R Arrow — John_Peck_N98JG_Piper_PA-28R_Checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Airspeeds (MPH)" item count differs between passes (15 vs 16); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "Power Setting Table" item count differs between passes (11 vs 13); verify nothing was dropped.

## Before Starting Engine

- [ ] Preflight Checklist – COMPLETE
- [ ] 30 Day VOR Test – CHECK
- [ ] Doors & Belts – SECURE
- [ ] Seats – POSITION and LOCK
- [ ] Circuit Breakers – CHECK
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Switches — **ALL OFF**
- [ ] Landing Gear Switch — **DOWN**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Altitude Hold — **OFF**

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Fin Strobe — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Prop — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN ½ INCH**
- [ ] Propeller Area – CLEAR
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
**Cold Start Only – Prime**
    - [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
    - [ ] Fuel Flow – CHECK FLOW
    - [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Mixture – FULL RICH WHEN ENGINE FIRES
- [ ] Oil Pressure – CHECK
- [ ] Throttle — **800 RPM**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder – STANDBY/1200
- [ ] Heading Indicator – SET
- [ ] Lights – AS REQUIRED
- [ ] GPS Units – INITIALIZE

## Taxi

- [ ] Brakes – TEST
- [ ] Gyro Instruments – TEST

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Flight Controls – FREE/CORRECT
- [ ] Stabilator Trim – TEST & SET
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Throttle — **2100 RPM**
    - [ ] Magnetos – CHECK (175/50)
    - [ ] Propeller – CYCLE 3 TIMES
    - [ ] Engine Instruments – CHECK
    - [ ] Suction Gage – CHECK
- [ ] Throttle — **1500 RPM**
- [ ] Throttle Friction – SET
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump – ON/CHECK
- [ ] Flight Instruments – SET/CHECK
- [ ] Avionics – SET/CHECK
- [ ] Flaps – SET
- [ ] Marker Beacons – TEST
- [ ] IFR Clearance – RECEIVE
- [ ] Charts – READY
- [ ] IFR Transponder Code – SET
**When Cleared for Takeoff**
    - [ ] Door & Window – CLOSE
    - [ ] Transponder — **ALT**
    - [ ] Wing Strobe Lights — **ON**

## Takeoff

- [ ] Throttle – FULL (2700 RPM)
- [ ] Landing Gear – RETRACT @ 85
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Climb Power – 25”/2500RPM

## Cruise

- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Power – SET AS REQUIRED
    > **CAUTION:** Avoid – 2100-2350 RPM
- [ ] Mixture – LEAN <75% POWER
    - [ ] Power - 25F Rich of Peak EGT
    - [ ] Economy – 25F Lean of Peak
- [ ] Trim – ADJUST
- [ ] Flight Instruments – CHECK
- [ ] Engine Instruments – CHECK

## Descent

- [ ] Altitude Hold — **OFF**
- [ ] Power – AS REQUIRED
- [ ] Mixture – ADJUST

## Before Landing

- [ ] Seats & Belts – SECURE
- [ ] Fuel Selector – FULLEST TANK
- [ ] Landing Light — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **2600 RPM**
- [ ] Landing Gear – DOWN 150 MPH
- [ ] Flaps – AS REQUIRED 125 MPH

## After Landing

*Clear of Active Runway*

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Light — **OFF**
- [ ] Wing Strobes — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## Securing Airplane

- [ ] Brakes – SET AS REQUIRED
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] All Electrical Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUTOFF**
- [ ] Ignition Sw — **OFF/KEY OUT**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Hobbs/Tach – RECORD
- [ ] Flight Plan – CLOSED

## Airspeeds (MPH)

- [ ] Rotate VR — **60-70**
- [ ] Best Angle Climb – No Flaps VX — **81 (91 Gear Up)**
- [ ] Obstacle Clearance Speed/Flaps — **80/25º GEAR OVERIDE**
- [ ] Best Rate of Climb VY — **85 (95 Gear Up)**
- [ ] Cruise Climb — **110**
- [ ] Approach (No Flaps) — **100**
- [ ] Approach (Full Flaps) — **90**
- [ ] Short Field Approach Speed/Flaps — **85/40º**
- [ ] Stall (Gear & Flaps Down) VS0 — **64**
- [ ] Stall (Gear & Flaps Up) VS1 — **70**
- [ ] Flap Extend VFE — **125**
- [ ] Landing Gear Extend VLE — **150**
- [ ] Landing Gear Retract — **125**
- [ ] Maneuvering Speed (Gross) VA — **134**
- [ ] Best Glide (Gear & Flaps Up) — **105**

## Airplane Weights

- [ ] Max Gross — **2600**
- [ ] Basic Empty Weight — **1536**
- [ ] Useful Load — **1064**
- [ ] Payload - Fuel Full — **764**
- [ ] Payload - Fuel Tabs — **860**

## Power Setting Table

> **NOTE:** Power setting table: 55% = 8.0 gph, 65% = 9.2 gph, 75% = 10.2 gph. At 1000 ft: 55% = 2100 RPM, 65% = 2400 RPM, 75% = 2400 RPM.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 1,000 ft: 55% = 22.7, 65% = 20.2, 75% = 25.6.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 2,000 ft: 55% = 22.4, 65% = 20.0, 75% = 25.4.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 3,000 ft: 55% = 22.2, 65% = 19.8, 75% = 25.1.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 4,000 ft: 55% = 21.9, 65% = 19.5, 75% = 24.8.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 5,000 ft: 55% = 21.7, 65% = 19.3.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 6,000 ft: 55% = 21.4, 65% = 19.1.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 7,000 ft: 55% = 21.2, 65% = 18.9.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 8,000 ft: 55% = 21.0, 65% = 18.7.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressure at 9,000 ft: 65% = 18.5.
> **NOTE:** Power setting table manifold pressures (inhg) at 1,000 ft: 75% row also shows 22.7? Reading uncertain; original table is garbled.

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-28-200R Arrow/John_Peck_N98JG_Piper_PA-28R_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 6d2be8a7936ebef6a9046f69f6ecad5006f3a3d1ae1f301333d7564f90ef6bd7  
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