# Piper PA-34-200 Seneca — Piper_PA_34_200T_Turbo_Seneca_Normal_Procedures

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

## PREPARATION

- [ ] Weather — **SUITABLE**
- [ ] Weight & Balance — **COMPUTED & WITHIN LIMITS**
- [ ] Performance — **COMPUTED**
- [ ] Airplane Documents — **CHECKED**
- [ ] VOR Accuracy — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Hobbs and Tach — **RECORDED**

## INTERIOR PREFLIGHT FLOW

- [ ] Crossfeed Drains — **DRAINED**
- [ ] Heater — **OFF**
- [ ] Trim Indicators — **NEUTRAL**
- [ ] Flaps — **OPERATION CHECKED**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Mixture Controls — **IDLE/CUTOFF**
- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Landing Gear Handle — **CHECKED DOWN**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE**
- [ ] Starter / Magneto Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Static System — **DRAINED**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Landing Gear Lights — **3 GREEN**
- [ ] Exterior Lights / Stall Warning — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Empty Seat Belts — **FASTENED**

## EXTERIOR PREFLIGHT

- [ ] Crossfeed / Belly Drains — **CLOSED**
- [ ] Right Main Gear — **NO LEAKS**
- [ ] Strut — **INFLATED 2 INCHES**
- [ ] Tire — **CHECKED; NO ABNORMAL WEAR**
- [ ] Right Flaps / Aileron — **CHECKED; NO ICE**
- [ ] Right Wing Tip — **CHECKED; NO ICE**
- [ ] Fuel Tank / Cap — **CHECKED / SECURE**
- [ ] Wing Upper Surface — **CHECKED; NO CONTAMINATION**
- [ ] Right Leading Edge — **CHECKED; NO ICE; BOOTS INTACT**
- [ ] Wing & Nacelle Fuel Drains (3) — **DRAINED**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN / SECURE**
- [ ] Right Engine — **OIL CHECKED; Min Qty 6; Filler Cap SECURE**
- [ ] Right Nacelle Inlets — **NO BLOCKAGE**
- [ ] Right Propeller — **CHECKED; NO DINGS or DAMAGE**
- [ ] Nose Tire — **CHECKED; NO ABNORMAL WEAR**
- [ ] Nose Strut — **INFLATED 3 INCHES**
- [ ] Tow Bar — **STOWED**
- [ ] Nose Section — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Forward Baggage Door — **SECURE**
- [ ] Windshield — **CLEAN**
- [ ] Heated Windshield Panel — **CLEAN & SECURE**

## EXTERIOR PREFLIGHT CONTINUED

- [ ] Left Propeller — **CHECKED; NO DINGS or DAMAGE**
- [ ] Left Nacelle Inlets — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Left Engine — **OIL CHECKED; Min Qty 6; Filler Cap SECURE**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN; SECURE**
- [ ] Nacelle and Wing Drains (3)
- [ ] Pitot Tube (3 holes) — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Left Leading Edge — **CHECKED; NO ICE; BOOTS INTACT**
- [ ] Stall Detection System — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Wing Upper Surface — **CHECKED; NO CONTAMINATION**
- [ ] Fuel Tank / Cap — **CHECKED / SECURE**
- [ ] Left Wing Tip — **CHECKED; NO ICE**
- [ ] Left Aileron / Flaps — **CHECKED; NO ICE**
- [ ] Tire — **CHECKED; NO ABNORMAL WEAR**
- [ ] Strut — **INFLATED 2 INCHES**
- [ ] Left Main Gear — **NO LEAKS**
- [ ] Empty Rear Seat Belts — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Cargo — **SECURED**
- [ ] Cargo Door — **CLOSED & LOCKED**
- [ ] Rear Entry Door — **CLOSED & LOCKED**
- [ ] Left Static Vent — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Dorsal Fin Air Scoop — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Empennage — **CHECKED; NO ICE**
- [ ] Stabilator — **FREE**
- [ ] Right Static Vent — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Antennae — **CHECKED**

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINES

- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN (Closed)**
- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Seats — **ADJUSTED**
- [ ] Seatbelts / Shoulder Harness — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Alternators — **ON**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Briefing — **COMPLETED (see below)**

## BRIEFING GUIDELINE

- [ ] Seat Belt Operation and Egress Instructions
- [ ] PIC Authority / Task Delegation
- [ ] Sterile Cockpit
- [ ] Electronic Devices
- [ ] Engine Start Emergency Procedures

## NORMAL ENGINE START

- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propeller — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttle — **HALF TRAVEL**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Magnetos — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Primer — **PRESS AND HOLD FOR 3 SECONDS**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE WHILE HOLDING PRIMER**
- [ ] Throttle — **RETARD AS ENGINE STARTS**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] REPEAT FOR OTHER ENGINE
- [ ] Alternator Gauges — **CHECK BOTH CARRYING LOAD**
- [ ] Gyro Pressure — **CHECK 4.5 - 5.2 IN HG**

## FLOODED START

- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Propeller — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttle — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Magnetos — **ON**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF (Do Not Prime)**
- [ ] Propeller — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
**WHEN ENGINE FIRES…**
- [ ] Throttle — **RETARD**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADVANCE SLOWLY**

## AFTER ENGINE START

- [ ] Avionics Power — **ON**
- [ ] Defroster — **AS REQUIRED**

## INSTRUMENT COCKPIT CHECK

- [ ] Obtain Clearance
- [ ] Audio Panel & Marker Lights — **SETUP & TEST**
- [ ] Com 1 — **SET**
- [ ] Com 2 — **SET**
- [ ] VOR 1 (± 4 deg) — **TUNE - IDENTIFY - MONITOR**
- [ ] VOR 2 (Max D VOR1 4 deg) — **TUNE - IDENTIFY - MONITOR**
- [ ] DME — **TUNE - IDENTIFY - CHECK DISTANCE**
- [ ] ADF — **TEST; TUNE - IDENTIFY - MONITOR**
- [ ] Transponder — **SET SQUAWK**
- [ ] Airspeed Indicator — **ZERO**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **LEVEL**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET; (± 75 ft)**
- [ ] H S I — **SET; RESLAVE IF NEEDED**
- [ ] V S I — **NOTE LEVEL INDICATION**

## TAXI

- [ ] Autopilot — **OFF**
- [ ] Taxi Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Brakes — **CHECK**
- [ ] Steering — **CHECK**
- [ ] Instruments — **CHECK FOR PROPER MOTION / INDICATIONS**

## ENGINE RUNUP

- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET & MONITOR**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Propellers — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttles — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Manifold Pressure Lines — **DRAIN**
- [ ] Prop Anti-Feather Pins — **CHECK**
  <sub>1. Slowly retard prop control until RPM drops to 800 RPM. 2. Immediately Restore Prop Control.</sub>
- [ ] Throttles — **1900 RPM**
- [ ] Prop Governor (Each Engine) — **CHECK**
  <sub>1. Advance Throttle to 2000 RPM. 2. Retard Prop Control by 200 RPM. 3. Advance Throttle Slightly and observe little or no change in RPM. 4. Restore Props to FULL RPM.</sub>
- [ ] Alternate Air — **CHECK EACH ON THEN OFF**
- [ ] Magnetos — **CHECK**
  <sub>Max Drop 150 RPM. Max Diff 50 RPM.</sub>
- [ ] Alternators — **CHECK**
  <sub>1. LEFT ALTERNATOR OFF: 2. VERIFY: Right Takes Load 3. LEFT ALTERNATOR ON 4. RIGHT ALTERNATOR OFF: 5. VERIFY: Left Takes Load 6. RIGHT ALTERNATOR ON</sub>
- [ ] Crossfeed — **CHECK**
  <sub>1. LEFT FUEL OFF 2. When Engine Sputters Select LEFT XFEED ON 3. VERIFY ENGINE STILL RUNS 4. Reset LEFT FUEL ON 5. RIGHT FUEL OFF 6. When Engine Sputters Select RIGHT X-FEED ON 7. VERIFY ENGINE STILL RUNS 8. Reset RIGHT FUEL ON</sub>
- [ ] Gyro Pressure — **4.5 - 5.2 IN HG**
- [ ] Throttles — **1000 RPM**

## BEFORE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Doors — **LATCH**
- [ ] Seat Backs — **ERECT**
- [ ] Seat Belts (ALL) — **FASTEN**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **ON**
- [ ] Trim — **SET FOR TAKEOFF**
- [ ] Flaps — **SET AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **CLOSED Winter / OPEN Summer**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Throttle Friction — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Mixture — **SET**
- [ ] Props — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Annunciator Panel — **PRESS TO TEST**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] H S I — **SET**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **IN THE GREEN**
- [ ] Flight Controls — **FREE AND CORRECT**
- [ ] Clock — **SET**
- [ ] Auxiliary Fuel Pumps — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Alternators — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **ALT**

## TAKEOFF BRIEFING

- [ ] Takeoff Type
  <sub>Static / Rolling, Normal / Short Field, Flap Setting</sub>
- [ ] Rejected / Continued Takeoff
  <sub>CONSIDER: Runway Length, Runway Friction, Engine Performance, Density Altitude, Terrain and adjust courses of action to the conditions at hand. (see following page)</sub>
- [ ] Navaids
  <sub>Verify Set as Needed</sub>
- [ ] Emergency Return
  <sub>Closed Traffic/Radar Vect, Visual/ILS, Crew Duties</sub>
- [ ] Weather
  <sub>Current Conditions</sub>
- [ ] SIDs/DPs
  <sub>Brief Procedure</sub>

## REJECTED / CONTINUED TAKEOFF DECISION — ENGINE FAILURE PRIOR TO ROTATION

- [ ] 1. Close Throttles `MEMORY`
- [ ] 2. Brake and Stop Straight Ahead `MEMORY`
**If insufficient runway remaining:**
- [ ] 1. Mixture `MEMORY` — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] 2. Fuel Selector `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] 3. Magnetos `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] 4. Master Switch `MEMORY` — **OFF**
- [ ] 5. Maintain Directional Control; Avoid Obstacles `MEMORY`

## ENGINE FAILURE AFTER ROTATION — Gear Down and Sufficient Runway to Stop

- [ ] 1. Maintain Aircraft Control `MEMORY`
- [ ] 2. Close Throttles `MEMORY`
- [ ] 3. Land Straight Ahead `MEMORY`
- [ ] 4. Brake as Required `MEMORY`

## ENGINE FAILURE AFTER ROTATION — Gear Handle Up and/or Decision to Continue

- [ ] 1. Maintain Aircraft Control `MEMORY`
- [ ] 2. Mixtures / Props / Throttles `MEMORY` — **FORWARD (Avoid Overboosting)**
- [ ] 3. Flaps and Gear `MEMORY` — **UP**
- [ ] 4. Identify `MEMORY` — **DEAD FOOT - DEAD ENGINE**
- [ ] 5. Verify `MEMORY` — **CLOSE INOP ENGINE THROTTLE**
- [ ] 6. Propeller `MEMORY` — **FEATHER**
- [ ] 7. Mixture `MEMORY` — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] 8. Climb Out `MEMORY` — **89 KIAS (Blue Line)**
- [ ] 9. Declare Emergency and Land `MEMORY`

## NORMAL TAKEOFF

> **WARNING:** WARNING: DO NOT EXCEED 40 IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE
- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Throttle — **39 IN and 2575 RPM**
- [ ] Rotate — **70 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Out — **89 KIAS**
- [ ] Gear — **TWO POSITIVES - UP**

## SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF - NO OBSTACLES

- [ ] Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Stabilator Trim — **NORMAL RANGE**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **39 IN and 2575 RPM**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Rotate — **70 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Out — **71 KIAS (First 50 FT)**
- [ ] Climb Out — **89 KIAS (Thereafter)**
- [ ] Gear — **TWO POSITIVES - UP**

## SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF - OBSTACLES PRESENT

- [ ] Flaps — **25 DEGREES**
- [ ] Stabilator Trim — **NORMAL RANGE**
- [ ] Brakes — **HOLD**
- [ ] Throttle — **39 IN and 2575 RPM**
- [ ] Brakes — **RELEASE**
- [ ] Rotate — **70 KIAS**
- [ ] Climb Out — **79 KIAS (First 50 FT)**
- [ ] Climb Out — **89 KIAS (Thereafter)**
- [ ] Gear — **TWO POSITIVES - UP**
- [ ] Flaps — **UP IN INCREMENTS**

## PATTERN

> **NOTE:** IF REMAINING IN THE VISUAL / RADAR PATTERN ACCOMPLISH THE PATTERN CHECKLIST
**Upwind**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttles — **25 - 30 IN MP**
- [ ] Propeller — **2500**
- [ ] Airspeed — **89 KIAS**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
**Downwind / Level Off**
- [ ] Throttles — **20 IN (Closed Pattern) / 25 IN (Radar Pattern)**
- [ ] Propeller — **2300 RPM**
- [ ] Airspeed — **100 KIAS (Closed) / 120 KIAS (Radar)**
- [ ] Gear — **DOWN PRIOR TO BASE LEG / FAF**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
**Final**
- [ ] Propeller — **FULL**
- [ ] Gear — **CONFIRMED DOWN**

## CRUISE CLIMB

- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttles — **31.5 IN MP**
- [ ] Propeller — **2450 RPM**
- [ ] Airspeed — **102 KIAS**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**

## CRUISE

> **NOTE:** REFERENCE PERFORMANCE CHARTS
- [ ] Power — **SET**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Mixture — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Engine Gauges — **MONITOR**
- [ ] Icing — **MONITOR**

## DESCENT

- [ ] ATIS / Destination WX — **OBTAINED**
- [ ] Fuel / Landing Data — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Heading and Attitude System — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Radios / Navaids — **SET**
- [ ] Approach / Descent Briefing — **COMPLETED**
- [ ] Mixtures — **ENRICHEN WITH DESCENT**
- [ ] Throttles — **AS REQUIRED**
> **NOTE:** NOTE: TO AVOID SHOCK COOLING ENGINE, DO NOT RETARD THROTTLES FASTER THAN 2 IN MP PER 2 MINUTES

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Seatbacks — **ERECT**
- [ ] Seatbelts and Harnesses — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Heater — **FAN**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **ON**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Mixtures — **RICH**
- [ ] Propellers — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Landing Gear — **DOWN - 3 Green and 1 in the Mirror**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Throttles — **AS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN REF SPEED**

## AFTER LANDING - Clear of Runway

- [ ] Throttles — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **FULL OPEN**
- [ ] Alternate Air — **OFF**
- [ ] Transponder — **STANDBY**

## SHUTDOWN

- [ ] Heater — **OFF**
- [ ] Avionics Power — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixtures — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Magnetos — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternators — **OFF**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**

## AIRSPEEDS (KIAS)

- [ ] VS0 — **61**
- [ ] VS0 20 Deg — **63**
- [ ] VS — **64**
- [ ] VS 20 Deg — **65**
- [ ] VMCA — **66**
- [ ] VR — **70**
- [ ] VX — **76**
- [ ] VSSE — **76**
- [ ] VXSE — **78**
- [ ] VY — **89**
- [ ] VYSE — **89**
- [ ] VCRZ-CLB — **102**
- [ ] VFE 40 — **107**
- [ ] VFE 25 — **121**
- [ ] VFE 10 — **138**
- [ ] VLE — **129**
- [ ] VLO Down — **129**
- [ ] VLO Up — **107**
- [ ] VA Heavy — **136**
- [ ] VA Light — **121**
- [ ] VNO — **163**
- [ ] VNE — **195**
- [ ] Upwind — **89**
- [ ] Downwind — **98**
- [ ] Base — **98**
- [ ] VREF — **90**
- [ ] Short Field — **78**
- [ ] Radar DW — **130 (110 SE)**
- [ ] ILS — **120**
- [ ] NP
- [ ] MDA — **100 - 120**
- [ ] HOLD — **100 - 120**
- [ ] Zero Thrust Setting — **13 in**
> **NOTE:** Stall Speeds Computed at Max Takeoff Weight

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-34-200 Seneca/Piper_PA_34_200T_Turbo_Seneca_Normal_Procedures.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 440083f0d235ddd82360d4ef711cdf6745017f38f492cece012f83c2f86a0ab0  
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