Section 4 – Normal procedures
Checklists
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5. CHECKLISTS
5.1. BEFORE STARTING ENGINE (AFTER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION)
1. Seat position and safety belts: adjust
2. Flight controls: operate full stroke checking for movement smoothness, free of
play and friction.
3. Parking brake: engage
4. Throttle friction: adjust
5. Throttle: IDLE
6. Mixture control Lever: LEAN
7. Circuit Breakers: check all IN
8. Master switch: ON, wait PFD turn on, Check ALT OUT caution ON, Check LOW
FP and LOW OP warning ON
9. Only before the first flight of the day:
Standby Instrument: Check no red crosses displayed.
a. Press and hold the control knob (approx. 2 sec)
b. Rotate the knob selecting “INFO>” page then press it
c. Select “BATTERY INFO” page then press the knob
d. Check “CHARGE (%)” to be more than 80%, then exit menu
10. Avionic Master switch: ON, wait MFD turn on, check instruments, check Voltage
on Main and Essential Buses.
11. Fuel quantity: compare the fuel quantity indicators information with fuel quantity visually
checked into the tanks (see Pre-flight inspection – External inspection, and update the
Garmin fuel content in the totalizer accordingly
The totalizer function available on Garmin Engine page allows input only up to
230lts (maximum usable fuel). Fuel calculations on totalizer do not use the air-
craft fuel quantity indicators and are calculated from the last time the fuel was re-
set. Fuel consumption on totalizer is very precise as it take instantaneous fuel flow
for the computation.
12. Electric fuel pump: ON (check for audible pump noise and increase of fuel pressure)
13. Warning “LOW FUEL PRESSURE”: extinguished
14. Electric fuel pump: OFF
15. Flap control: cycle fully extended and then set to T/O
16. Pitch Trim: cycle fully up and down, then set to NEUTRAL
17. Rudder trim: cycle full right and left, then set to NEUTRAL
Pitch trim position other than in neutral position would affect take off per-
formance and take off rotation execution at the correct V
R
.
18. Nav & Strobe lights: ON
In absence of RH seat occupant: fasten seat belts around the seat so as to pre-
vent any interference with the aeroplane flight control operation and with rap-
id egress in an emergency.
19. Doors: Closed and locked
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