# Piper PA-44-180 Seminole — jochman-clsemnle

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

## Engine Failure (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Minimum Control Speed — **56 KIAS**
- [ ] Blue Line Speed — **88 KIAS**
- [ ] Mixture, Prop, Throttle — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Flaps & Gear — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pumps — **ON**
- [ ] Identify — **DEAD FOOT = DEAD ENGINE**
- [ ] Verify — **RETARD THROTTLE**
- [ ] Propeller of Dead Engine — **FEATHER**
- [ ] Mixture of Dead Engine — **IDLE CUT OFF**
- [ ] Trim — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Bank — **5º TO GOOD ENGINE**
- [ ] Fuel Pump of Dead Engine — **OFF**
- [ ] Magnetos of Dead Engine — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps of Dead Engine — **CLOSE**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps of Good Engine — **AS NEEDED**
- [ ] Alternator of Dead Engine — **OFF**
- [ ] Electrical Load — **REDUCE**
- [ ] Fuel to Dead Engine — **OFF**
- [ ] Fuel to Good Engine — **ON or CROSSFEED**
- [ ] Fuel Pump of Good Engine — **OFF**

## Restart Engine (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Fuel Boost Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Selector — **CROSSFEED**
- [ ] Magnetos — **SELECT L or R ONLY**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **ON**

## Unfeathering Procedure (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Fuel Selector Dead Engine — **ON**
- [ ] Fuel Pump on Dead Engine — **ON**
- [ ] Prop — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Throttle — **2 STROKES, OPEN ¼ INCH**
- [ ] Mixture — **RICH**
- [ ] Magneto Switches — **ON**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE, PROP WINDMILLS**
- [ ] Throttle — **RETARD, ENGINE WARM**
- [ ] If engine does not start
    - [ ] Prime — **AS REQUIRED**
    - [ ] Repeat Steps — **STEPS 6, 7, 8**
- [ ] Alternator — **ON**

## Before Engine Start

- [ ] Seats — **ADJUSTED**
- [ ] Seat Belts, Harness — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **SET**
- [ ] Circuit Breakers — **IN**
- [ ] Radios — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternators — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller Sync. — **MANUAL**

## Starting Engines

- [ ] Fuel Selector — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture Controls — **RICH**
- [ ] Throttle Controls — **OPEN ½ INCH**
- [ ] Propeller Controls — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Magneto Switchs — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Prime — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Throttle — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Repeat Steps 8-12 for Other Engine — **COMPLETE**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pumps — **OFF**

## Hot Engine Start

- [ ] Throttle Controls — **OPEN ½ INCH**
- [ ] Propeller Controls — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture Controls — **RICH**
- [ ] Magneto Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
- [ ] Throttle — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**
- [ ] Repeat Steps 7-10 for Other Engine — **COMPLETE**

## Flooded Engine Start

- [ ] Mixture Controls — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Throttle Controls — **FULL FORWARD**
- [ ] Propeller Controls — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Master Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Magneto Switch — **ON**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pump — **OFF**
- [ ] Propeller Area — **CLEAR**
- [ ] Starter — **ENGAGE**
> **NOTE:** When engine fires, retard throttle and advance mixture slowly.
- [ ] Oil Pressure — **CHECK**

## Pre-Takeoff Check

- [ ] Parking Brake — **ON**
**Engine Run-Up**
    - [ ] Mixture Controls — **FORWARD**
    - [ ] Propeller Controls — **FORWARD**
    - [ ] Propeller Sync. — **MANUAL**
    - [ ] Throttle Controls — **1500 RPM**
    - [ ] Propeller Controls — **CHECK FEATHER**
    - [ ] Throttle Controls — **2000 RPM**
    - [ ] Propeller Governor — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Propeller Controls — **EXERCISE**
    - [ ] Propeller Controls — **FULL FORWARD**
    - [ ] Carburetor Heat — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Engine Gauges — **GREEN**
    - [ ] Vacuum Gauge — **4.8 to 5.2**
    - [ ] Magnetos — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Alternators — **CHECK**
    - [ ] Throttles — **800-1000 RPM**
- [ ] Fuel — **ON**
- [ ] Alternators — **ON**
- [ ] Altimeter — **SET**
- [ ] Attitude Indicator — **SET**
- [ ] Directional Gyro — **SET**
- [ ] Clock — **WOUND & SET**
- [ ] Mixtures — **SET**

## Pre-Takeoff Check - Continued

- [ ] Propellers — **FORWARD**
- [ ] Friction Lock — **ADJUST**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **SET**
- [ ] Seat Backs — **ERECT**
- [ ] Wing Flaps — **SET**
- [ ] Trim (Stabilator & Rudder) — **SET**
- [ ] Seat Belts, Harnesses — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Empty Seat Belts — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Controls — **FREE & CORRECT**
- [ ] Doors — **LATCHED**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pumps — **ON**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Transponder — **ON**
- [ ] Lights — **AS REQUIRED**

## Takeoff and Landing Speeds

**Normal T/O:**
    > **NOTE:** 0º Flaps, VR=75 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** then VY =88 KIAS, Gear UP
**Short Field T/O, no Obstacle:**
    > **NOTE:** 0º Flaps, Trim Set, Brakes ON
    > **NOTE:** Full Power before Brake Release, VR=70 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** 75 KIAS to 50’, then VY =88 KIAS. Gear UP
**Short Field T/O, Obstacle Clearance:**
    > **NOTE:** 25º Flaps, Trim Set, Brakes ON
    > **NOTE:** Full Power before Brake Release, VR=63 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** 67 KIAS to 50’, Gear UP
**Landing Speeds:**
    > **NOTE:** Traffic Pattern   100 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** Final        90 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** Lightly Loaded    80 KIAS
    > **NOTE:** Short Field       75 KIAS

## Pre-Landing Check

- [ ] Seat Backs — **ERECT**
- [ ] Seat Belts, Harnesses — **FASTENED**
- [ ] Fuel Selectors — **ON**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pumps — **ON**
- [ ] Mixture Controls — **RICH**
- [ ] Propellers — **2500 RPM**
- [ ] Propeller Sync. — **MANUAL**
- [ ] Landing Gear — **DOWN**
- [ ] Flaps — **AS REQUIRED**

## Post Landing Check

- [ ] Wing Flaps — **RETRACT**
- [ ] Cowl Flaps — **OPEN**
- [ ] Electric Fuel Pumps — **OFF**
- [ ] Carburetor Heat — **OFF**

## Shut Down

- [ ] Throttle — **AFT**
- [ ] Radios and Electric Equipment — **OFF**
- [ ] Mixture Controls — **IDLE CUT-OFF**
- [ ] Magneto Switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Alternators — **OFF**
- [ ] Master Switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Parking Brake — **AS REQUIRED**

## Aircraft Performance Speeds

> **NOTE:** VS0 – Landing configuration stall at gross weight, power off    55 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VS1 – Cruise configuration stall at gross weight, power off     57 KIAS
> **NOTE:** 1.3 VS0 – Fence Speed    75 KIAS
> **NOTE:** 1.5 VS0 – Approach Speed      84 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VX – Best Angle of Climb Speed      82 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VY – Best Rate of Climb Speed       88 KIAS
> **NOTE:** Normal Cruise      24 Hg 2400 RPM
> **NOTE:** Slow Cruise   23 Hg 2300 RPM
> **NOTE:** VFE – Max. Flap Extension     111 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VLE – Max. Gear Extension     140 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VLR – Max. Gear Retraction    109 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VA – Maneuvering Speed   135 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VNO – Top of Green Arc   169 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VNE – Red Line – Never Exceed       202 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VMC – Minimum Control Speed with Critical Engine Inoperative (Red Radial)  56 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VXSE – Best Angle of Climb Speed, One Engine Inoperative   82 KIAS
> **NOTE:** VYSE – Best Rate of Climb Speed, One Engine Inoperative    88 KIAS

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Piper/PA-44-180 Seminole/jochman-clsemnle.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: eae3815072e08e52148ee059cbaf173931cde078aa8d787684c103c2fa7e3da5  
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