# PZL 150A Koliber — Ariel_Batista_PZL_Koliber_150a_Checklist

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

> **content_gap**: Section "Light Signals" item count differs between passes (10 vs 6); verify nothing was dropped.

## Preflight Inspection

**Cockpit**
- [ ] Canopy
- [ ] Aircraft docs (AROW)
- [ ] Weight & Balance
- [ ] Control wheel lock — **Remove**
- [ ] Hobbs/Tach
- [ ] Magneto SW/Ignition — **Off**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **Off**
- [ ] Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Fuel quantity indicators
- [ ] Flaps — **Extend**
- [ ] Trimming tab — **“T-O” Position**
- [ ] Fuel valve — **On fullest tank**
- [ ] Stall warning
- [ ] Master Switch — **Off**
**Left Wing**
- [ ] Wing tie-down — **Disconnect**
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Aileron
- [ ] Pitot tube
- [ ] Fuel tank vent open
- [ ] Slats
- [ ] Fuel Quantity
- [ ] Fuel Filler Plug
- [ ] Fuel tank sump — **Sample**
- [ ] Main wheel tire
- [ ] Brakes
- [ ] Landing/Taxi Light(s)
**Nose**
- [ ] Engine oil level
- [ ] Fuel strainer — **Sample**
- [ ] Propeller and spinner
- [ ] Alternator belt
- [ ] Air intake
- [ ] Carburetor air filter
- [ ] Nose wheel strut & tire
**Right wing**
- [ ] Wing tie-down — **Disconnect**
- [ ] Aileron
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Fuel Quantity
- [ ] Fuel Filler Plug
- [ ] Fuel tank sump — **Sample**
    - [ ] Slats
- [ ] Main wheel tire
- [ ] Brakes
**Fuselage and Empenage**
- [ ] Rivets
- [ ] Rudder Cables Both sides
- [ ] Tail Tie-Down — **Disconnect**
- [ ] Control surfaces
- [ ] Trim Tab
- [ ] Antennas

## Before starting engine

- [ ] Preflight inspection
- [ ] Passenger Briefing
- [ ] Seats, belts — **Adjust & Lock**
- [ ] Brakes
- [ ] Fuel Selector Valve — **Fullest Tank**
- [ ] Avionics Power Switch — **Off**
- [ ] Electrical Equip
- [ ] Circuit breakers

## Starting Engine

- [ ] Mixture — **Rich (IN)**
- [ ] Carburetor heat — **Cold (IN)**
- [ ] Battery & Alternator SW — **On**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **On**
- [ ] Anti-Collision light — **On**
- [ ] Prime
- [ ] Throttle — **Open 1/4 inch**
- [ ] Propeller area
- [ ] Starter — **Engage**
- [ ] Engine — **800-1000 rpm**
- [ ] Oil Pressure

## Before Taxi

- [ ] Avionics Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **Off**
- [ ] Turn and Bank — **On**
- [ ] Lights
- [ ] Radios — **Frequencies Set**
- [ ] Brake
- [ ] Primer

## Taxi

- [ ] Elevator — **Neutral or Aft.**
- [ ] Flaps — **Up**
- [ ] Flight & Engine Inst.

## Engine Run-Up

- [ ] Parking brake — **Set**
- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Throttle — **1700 RPM**
- [ ] Magnetos
- [ ] Carburetor Heat
- [ ] Engine Inst & Ammeter
- [ ] Fuel Pump
- [ ] Suction Gauge
- [ ] Throttle — **800-1000**

## Before Takeoff

- [ ] Flight Controls
- [ ] Canopy — **Closed**
- [ ] Emergency Trim S/W
- [ ] Electric Trim
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Encoder Switch — **On**
- [ ] Transponder
- [ ] Avionics
- [ ] Lights

## Takeoff Normal

- [ ] Flaps — **Up**
- [ ] Throttle — **Full Open**
- [ ] Rotate — **45 – 50 Kts.**
- [ ] Initial Climb — **62 Kts.**
- [ ] Passing 500 FT — **Fuel Pump Off**

## T/O Short & Soft

- [ ] Flaps — **Full**
- [ ] Control Stick — **Full Back**
- [ ] Throttle — **Full Open**
- [ ] Control Stick — **Ease Forward**
- [ ] Initial Climb — **50-55 Kts.**
- [ ] Passing 100 FT — **61 Kts.**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract Slowly**
- [ ] Passing 500 FT — **Fuel Pump Off**

## Climb

- [ ] Power — **Full Open**
- [ ] Engine Temp
- [ ] Best Angle of Climb Vx
- [ ] Best Rate of Climb Vy
- [ ] Lights

## Cruise

- [ ] Power
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust**
- [ ] Trim
- [ ] Fuel Tanks
> **NOTE:** Switch tanks with Pumps on

## Descent

- [ ] Power
- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Carb Heat

## Before Landing

- [ ] Belts & Harnesses
- [ ] Flight instruments
- [ ] Radios
- [ ] ATIS
- [ ] Fuel Pump — **On**
- [ ] Fuel Tanks
> **NOTE:** Switch tanks with Pumps on
- [ ] Carb Heat — **On (Out)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Landing light — **On**
- [ ] Airspeed — **65-75 KIAS (Flaps Up)**
> **NOTE:** 60-70 KIAS (Flaps Dn)

## After landing

- [ ] Flaps — **Up**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **Cold (In)**
- [ ] Transponder — **Standby**
- [ ] Landing light — **Off**

## Parking

- [ ] Avionics — **Off**
- [ ] Electrical — **Off**
- [ ] Throttle — **1000 RPM**
- [ ] Mixture — **Cut-off**
- [ ] Ignition switch — **Off**
- [ ] Master switch — **Off**

## Securing the aircraft

- [ ] Control Lock — **Install**
- [ ] Hobbs/Tach
- [ ] Canopy
- [ ] Tie-downs

## Go-around

- [ ] Throttle — **Full**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **Cold (In)**
- [ ] Flaps — **20(**
- [ ] Climb — **55 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **10(**
- [ ] Climb — **60 KIAS**
- [ ] Flaps — **Up**
- [ ] Climb — **79 KIAS**

## Engine failure

*TAKEOFF*

- [ ] Throttle — **Idle**
- [ ] Brakes — **Apply**
- [ ] Flaps — **Retract**
- [ ] Mixture — **IDLE cut-off**
- [ ] Ignition — **Off**
- [ ] Master switch — **Off**

## Engine failure

*AFTER TAKEOFF*

- [ ] Airspeed — **65 KIAS (flaps UP)**
> **NOTE:** 60 KIAS (flaps DN)
- [ ] Mixture — **Idle Cut-off**
- [ ] Fuel shutoff valve — **Off (Out)**
- [ ] Ignition — **Off**
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Master switch — **Off**
- [ ] Cabin Doors — **Unlatch**
- [ ] Land — **Straight Ahead**

## Engine failure

*DURING FLIGHT*

- [ ] Airspeed — **65 KIAS**
**LOOK FOR A FIELD**
- [ ] Fuel shutoff valve — **On (In)**
- [ ] Fuel selector valve — **Both**
- [ ] Aux Fuel Pump Switch — **On**
- [ ] Primer — **In & Locked**
- [ ] Mixture — **Rich**
- [ ] Ignition — **BOTH (or START)**
- [ ] Airspeed — **65 KIAS (flaps UP)**
> **NOTE:** 60 KIAS (flaps DN)
- [ ] Mixture — **Idle Cut-off**
- [ ] Fuel shutoff valve — **Off (Out)**
- [ ] Ignition — **Off**
- [ ] Flaps
- [ ] Mayday — **Transmit 121.5**
- [ ] Mayday — **Squawk 7700**
- [ ] Master switch — **Off**
- [ ] Touchdown — **Tail Low**

## Carburetor Icing (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Throttle — **Full**
- [ ] Carb Heat — **On (Out)**
- [ ] Mixture — **Adjust**

## Engine Roughness (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Magnetos
- [ ] Mixture — **Lean as necessary**

## Engine Fire during start (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Crank
- [ ] Power — **1700 RPM (2 min)**
- [ ] Engine

## Engine Fire during flight (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Mixture — **Idle Cut-off**
- [ ] Fuel shutoff valve — **Off (Out)**
- [ ] Master Switch — **Off**
- [ ] Boost Pump — **Off**
- [ ] Cabin Heat/Air — **Off**
- [ ] Airspeed — **100 KIAS**

## Electrical failure (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Load meter
- [ ] Alternator — **Off**
**Reduce load to minimum**
- [ ] Breaker/alt
- [ ] Alternator — **On**
**If still no power:**
- [ ] Alternator — **Off**
**Reduce load and land**

## Electrical overload (ABNORMAL)

- [ ] Master Switch — **Off**
- [ ] Master Switch — **On**
- [ ] Over-voltage light — **Off**
> **WARNING:** or TERMINATE flight ASAP

## Spin Recovery (EMERGENCY)

- [ ] Ailerons — **NEUTRAL**
- [ ] Throttle — **IDLE**
- [ ] Rudder — **Full opposite**
- [ ] Control wheel — **Full forward**
- [ ] Rudder control/wheel — **Neutral**
- [ ] Pitch — **Level**

## Light Signals

- [ ] Steady Green — On Ground
- [ ] Steady Green — In Flight
- [ ] Flashing Green — On Ground
- [ ] Flashing Green — In Flight
- [ ] Steady Red — On Ground
- [ ] Steady Red — In Flight
- [ ] Flashing Red — On Ground
- [ ] Flashing Red — In Flight
- [ ] Flashing white — On Ground
- [ ] Red/Green alternating

## Comm Freq

- [ ] ATIS
- [ ] Ground
- [ ] Tower
- [ ] Club
- [ ] Fuel

## V-Speeds (KIAS)

- [ ] Rotate Vr
- [ ] Normal Climb Vclm
- [ ] Max angle Vx (Sea Level)
- [ ] Max angle Vx (10,000 ft)
- [ ] Climb rate Vy (Sea Level)
- [ ] Climb rate Vy (10,000 ft)
- [ ] Maneuver Va
- [ ] Flaps Vfe
- [ ] Normal max Vno
- [ ] Never exceed Vne
- [ ] Stall (clean) Vs
- [ ] Stall (land) Vso
- [ ] Final Approach Flaps
- [ ] Final Approach No flaps
- [ ] Best Glide

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: PZL/150A Koliber/Ariel_Batista_PZL_Koliber_150a_Checklist.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 02430d7a7d38ab93e36facf150583b876f2fdf85363890a302f9af5d4034ce37  
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