Operating Check List; Before Entering The Airplane - Cessna 1973 172 Owner's Manual

Sect ion I
O P E R A T I N G C H E C K L I S T
One of the f i r s t steps i n o b t a i n i n g the u t m o s t p e r f o r m a n c e , s e r v i c e ,
and f l y i n g e n j o y m e n t f r o m y o u r Cessna i s to f a m i l i a r i z e y o u r s e l f w i t h
y o u r a i r c r a f t ' s equipment, s y s t e m s , and c o n t r o l s . T h i s can best be done
b y r e v i e w i n g t h i s equipment w h i l e s i t t i n g i n the a i r c r a f t . Those i t e m s
whose f u n c t i o n and o p e r a t i o n a r e not o b v i o u s a r e c o v e r e d i n Section I I .
Section I l i s t s , i n P i l o t ' s C h e c k L i s t f o r m , the steps n e c e s s a r y t o
operate y o u r a i r c r a f t e f f i c i e n t l y and s a f e l y . I t i s not a check l i s t i n i t s
t r u e f o r m as i t i s c o n s i d e r a b l y l o n g e r , but i t does c o v e r b r i e f l y a l l of the
p o i n t s that you should know f o r a t y p i c a l f l i g h t . A n a b b r e v i a t e d check l i s t
c o v e r i n g the " B e f o r e T a k e - O f f " and " B e f o r e L a n d i n g " phases of a i r c r a f t
o p e r a t i o n i s p r o v i d e d on a p l a s t i c c a r d and n o r m a l l y stowed i n the map
c o m p a r t m e n t . T h i s a b b r e v i a t e d check l i s t i s a convenient r e f e r e n c e of
k e y i t e m s to be r e c h e c k e d i m m e d i a t e l y p r i o r t o t a x i i n g i n t o p o s i t i o n f o r
t a k e - o f f and b e f o r e e n t e r i n g the f i n a l a p p r o a c h f o r l a n d i n g .
The f l i g h t and o p e r a t i o n a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of y o u r a i r c r a f t a r e n o r m a l
i n a l l r e s p e c t s . T h e r e a r e no "ucnconventional" c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o r o p e r a -
t i o n s that need t o be m a s t e r e d . A l l c o n t r o l s r e s p o n d i n the n o r m a l way
w i t h i n the e n t i r e range of o p e r a t i o n . A l l a i r s p e e d s m e n t i o n e d i n Sections
I , I I and i n a r e i n d i c a t e d a i r s p e e d s . C o r r e s p o n d i n g c a l i b r a t e d a i r s p e e d
m a y be obtained f r o m the A i r s p e e d C o r r e c t i o n Table i n Section V I .
BEFORE ENTERING THE AIRPLANE.
(1) M a k e an e x t e r i o r i n s p e c t i o n i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h f i g u r e 1 - 1 .
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