Cessna 172 - Operating Checklist

Section I
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OPERATING CHECKLIST
One of the first steps in obtaining the utmost performance, service,
and flying enjoyment from your Cessna is to familiarize yourself with .
your
aircraft's equipment, systems, and controls. This can best be done
by reviewing
this equipment while sitting in the aircraft. Those items
whose function and operation are not obvious are covered in Section n.
Section I lists, in Pilot's Checklist form, the steps necessary to op-
erate your aircraft efficiently ancl safely. It is not a checklist in its true
form as it is considerably longer, but it does cover briefly all of the
points that you should know for a typical flight. A more convenient plastic
enclosed checklist, stowed in the map compartment, is available for
quickly checking that all important procedures have been performed.
Since vigilance for other traffic is so important in crowded terminal
areas, it is important that preoccupation with checklists be avoided in
flight.
Procedures should be carefully memorized and performed from
memory. Then the checklist should be quickly scanned to ensure that
nothing
has been missed.
The flight and operational characteristics of your aircraft are normal
in all respects. There are no "unconventional" characteristics or opera-
tions that need t9 be mastered. All controls respond in the normal way
within
the entire · range of operation. All airspeeds mentioned in Sections
I, II and
ill are indicated airspeeds. Corresponding calibrated airspeed
may be obtained from the Airspeed Correction Table in Section VI.
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