Cessna 182 - DAILY INSPECTION

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DAILY INSPECTION
Pre-External Inspection
5. Perform the Pre-External portion of the Daily Inspection as follows:
PRE-EXTERNAL INSPECTION
ACTION
CHECK
NOTES
1. Weight and Balance
Check
2. Journey Log
Maintenance / serviceability
3. Chocks
In place
As required
4. Covers, Plugs, Tie
Downs, Pitot Cover
Remove and stow
5. First Aid Kit
Secure and in-place
6. Survival Kit
As required
7. Magnetos and switches
Confirm off
8. Control Lock
Remove and stow
9. Controls
Confirm free and correct
movement
10. Elevator and rudder trim
Confirm functional
Verification of full travel is not
required
11. Cowl flaps
Set to full open
12. Fire Extinguisher
Secure and charged
13. Pubs, documents, maps
Present
Pubs and navigational
materials must be current
14. Battery Master
Select ON
Combine steps 16 through
15. Flaps
Set Full Flaps
16. Interior/exterior lights
Confirm functioning
a. Interior and taxi / landing
light check required for
night flight
b. Select nav, anti-collision
and pulse lights on, check
externally
17. Stall Vane
Confirm stall vane functional
18. Pitot Heat
Confirm pitot tube heat
functional
WARNING
Exercise care when checking
pitot heat as serious burns
can result.
19. Battery Master
OFF