# Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee — Eric_Duensing_pa28_235_Checklist

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

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Preflight inspection — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Seats, Seat Belts — **ADJUST AND LOCK**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **CHECK IN**
- [ ] Brakes — **TEST**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **FULLEST TANK**

## STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Carburetor heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle — **OPEN 1/4"**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Primer — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Primer — **LOCKED**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Depress Starter (release when engine starts)
- [ ] Throttle — **800 RPM**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **LEAN FOR TAXI**
- [ ] Avionics Master — **ON**
- [ ] Fan, heater and defroster — **ON as required**
- [ ] Navigation, Cockpit, and Taxi Lights — **ON as required**
- [ ] Anti-collision lights — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **TEST, then SDBY**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET to setting given by ATC**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **Set with magnetic compass**
- [ ] Taxiing — **CHECK brakes immediately after airplane begins moving**

## DURING TURNS WHILE TAXIING

- [ ] Turn Coordinator — **Indicates skidding turn in proper direction**
- [ ] Heading Indicator — **Turns in proper direction**

## BEFORE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Cabin Door — **CLOSED AND LATCHED**
- [ ] Flight controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Flaps — **CHECK**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Elevator and Rudder Trim — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Mixture — **FULL RICH**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Throttle — **1800 RPM**
    - [ ] Magnetos — **Check (max drop 175 RPM, max diff. 50 RPM)**
    - [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON (check for RPM to drop about 100 RPM and stay down)**
    - [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF (check for RPM to return to 1700)**
    - [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON (check fuel pressure)**
    - [ ] Ammeter — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Oil Pressure and Temperature — **Normal operating**
    - [ ] Suction Gauge — **4.5" Hg**
    - [ ] Throttle — **800 RPM**
- [ ] Flight instruments — **SET**
    - [ ] Attitude Indicator — **Check, Set for level flight**
    - [ ] Heading Indicator — **Recheck heading**
    - [ ] Vertical Speed Indicator — **Note indication of 0 fpm climb**
    - [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **indicates 0**
    - [ ] Clock — **CHECK and SET**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **CHECK**
- [ ] Communication Radio — **Tower or CTAF**
- [ ] Navigation Radio — **SET if flying cross-country**
- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**
- [ ] Window — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **OFF**

## NORMAL TAKEOFF

- [ ] Flaps — **0°**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **Indicates increasing speed**
- [ ] Elevator Control — **Rotate at 65 MPH**
**Climb Speeds**
    - [ ] Best angle (Vx) — **90 MPH**
    - [ ] Best rate (Vy) — **100 MPH**
    - [ ] Normal — **115 MPH**

## SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF

- [ ] Flaps — **25° (2nd notch)**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Elevator Control — **Rotate at 60 MPH**
- [ ] Climb Speed — **90 MPH until obstacles cleared, then as appropriate**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT after obstacles cleared**

## CRUISE

- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Elevator and Rudder Trim — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Power — **Adjust to 75% per Power Setting Table**
- [ ] Mixture — **lean to peak EGT minus 125 degrees**

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Seats, Seat Belts, — **ADJUST AND LOCK**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **FULLEST TANK**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON (IF ICING IS INDICATED)**

## NORMAL LANDING

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **BELOW 115 MPH**
- [ ] Approach Speed — **90 MPH**

## BALKED LANDING

- [ ] Throttle — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT TO 25° IMMEDIATELY**
- [ ] Airspeed — **90 MPH**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT (after establishing a climb)**

## AFTER LEAVING RUNWAY

- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **SDBY**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**

## SHUTDOWN

- [ ] Avionics Master — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Equipment — **OFF (except anti-collision light)**
- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Magneto Switch — **OFF (after propeller stops turning)**
- [ ] Anti-collision lights — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Vents — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Control Wheel — **SECURED WITH SEAT BELT**
- [ ] Tiedowns — **SECURED**
- [ ] Flight Plan — **CLOSED**

## VUJ

- [ ] AWOS — **128.175**
- [ ] GROUND — **121.75**
- [ ] TOWER — **126.275**

## FLAPS

- [ ] 1ST — **10 DEGREES**
- [ ] 2ND — **25 DEGREES**
- [ ] 3RD — **40 DEGREES**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-28-235 Cherokee/Eric_Duensing_pa28_235_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 38ce98a0328525f2fc3eec620c5f47a0a06628529688737538d95097a26be1d9  
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