# Saab 340 — MAX_Fs2ks340_Check

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

## ENGINE STARTUP

- [ ] Park Brakes — **SET**
- [ ] Battery switch — **ON**
- [ ] Strobe and Beacon Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Click on automatic startup engine button or CTRL+E — **PERFORM**

## AFTER ENGINE STARTUP

- [ ] Startup Engine Time — **LOGGED**
- [ ] Engine power — **IDLE**
- [ ] Low Idle — **CHECKED**
- [ ] Fuel/Weight — **CHECKED AND LOGGED**
- [ ] Avionic Master — **ON**
- [ ] ATIS — **LOGGED**
- [ ] Navaids — **SET**
- [ ] AP Settings — **SET**
    - [ ] AP MAIN — **OFF**
- [ ] Pitot Heat — **ON**
- [ ] NAV Lights — **AS NEEDED**

## BEFORE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Flaps — **7° (1ST POSITION)**
- [ ] Prop RPM — **HIGH**
- [ ] Trim position — **CHECKED**
- [ ] AP MAIN and Flight Director — **ARMED**
- [ ] Anti-Ice — **AS NEEDED**
- [ ] Altimeters — **SET**
- [ ] Landing Lights — **ON**
- [ ] Transponder — **CODE SET**

## TAKEOFF AND CLIMB

- [ ] Thrust — **MAX POWER OR 95%**
- [ ] Release Brakes
- [ ] Engine parameters — **CHECK**
- [ ] Rotate at MTOW — **115 KTS**
- [ ] Pitch attitude after T/O — **10°**
- [ ] Retract landing gear with positive ROC
- [ ] At 500 ft and 130 kts IAS — Flaps — **UP**
- [ ] Let accelerate to 160 kts IAS
- [ ] Reduce TORQUE — **90-95%**
- [ ] Engage AP with an initial ROC — **2000 FPM**
- [ ] Maintain until cruise altitude — **160 KTS IAS AND 1500-2500 FPM ROC**

## CRUISE

- [ ] Reduce Prop RPM (ctrl-F2) — **1650 RPM**
- [ ] Reduce TORQUE — **75-80%**
> **NOTE:** Usual cruise altitude is FL150-FL200
> **NOTE:** Standard cruise speed is 280 kts TAS

## DESCENT

- [ ] Establish a descent rate — **1,500 FPM**
- [ ] Maintain during descent — **240 KTS IAS**
- [ ] Landing Lights below 10,000 ft — **ON**

## APPROACH AND LANDING

- [ ] PROP RPM (ctrl-F4) — **HIGH**
- [ ] Level approach flight (20-25 NM) clean configuration — **210 KTS**
- [ ] Glide slope alive — reduce speed and set Flaps 1 (7°) — **170 KTS**
- [ ] Passing the OM or 1500 ft — Gear Down, Flaps 3 (20°), Speed (Vref+5) — **125 KTS**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Saab/340/MAX_Fs2ks340_Check.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: f9d76bec5c5a618689519676ef64af13273966c9fb0870384b12c2629f566bed  
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