Descent Checklist - Piper ARCHER III Pilot Operating Handbook

PA.28.1.81,
ARCHER
III
SECTION
4
NORMAL
PROCEDURES
4.5k Cruise Checklist (continued)
CRUISING
(continued)
)
fne
electric
fuel pump
should
be
turned ON
before
switching
tanks,
and should be
left ON for
a short period thereafter.
In
order
to
keep
the
airplane
in
best
lateral trim
during cruising
flight
the
fuel
should be
used
alternately
from
each
tank.
Do
not run
tanks
completely
dry in
flight.
The
electric fuel pump should
be
normally
OFF
so
that any malfunction of
the
engine
driven fuel pump
is
immediately
apparent.
If
signs
of fuel starvation
should occur
at
any time during
flight,
fuel
exhaustion should
be suspected,
at which time the fuel
selector should be immediately positioned
to
the
other
tank
and the
electric
fuel
pump switched to
the
ON position.
4.51 Descent Checklist
DESCENT
Normal
Descent:
THROTTLE
Airspeed.....
MIXTURE..
Power Off
Descent:
THROTTLE
CLOSED
Airspeed
AS REQUIRED
MIXTURE.
AS REQUIRED
Power VERIFY WITH
THROTTLE
EVERY
30
SECONDS
25OO
RPM
122
KIAS
RICH
REPORT: VB-2749
4-19
ISSUED:
December 22,
2017