PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST N405JH (Cessna 182RG) CABIN 1. Documents (AROW)...ON BOARD 2. Squawks/Tach/Fuel/Oil/VOR/Inspections...CHECK 3. Control Lock, Covers, Tie-Downs...REMOVE 4. Landing Gear Lever...VERIFY DOWN 5. Master & Ignition...VERIFY OFF 6. Baggage Door... SECURE 7. Avionics & Electrical Switches... OFF 8. Master Switch...ON (CHECK COOLING FAN) 9. Gear Down Indicator... GREEN (Press to test horn) 10. Gear Up Indicator...AMBER (Press to test light) 11. Fuel Gauges... CHECK QUANTITY 12. Flaps...EXTEND 13. IFR: Pitot Heat... ON (warm < 30 sec), then OFF 14. Lights & Stall Warning...CHECK 15. Master Switch... OFF 16. Seat Stops & Fire Extinguisher...CHECK 17. Manifold Pressure...VERIFY = LOCAL ALTIMETER 18. Clock... VERIFY = LOCAL TIME PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST N405JH (Cessna 182RG) EXTERIOR 1. Oil Level (inside cowl door)... VERIFY 6 Quarts 2. Fuel Strainer (inside cowl door)... DRAIN 3. L & R Wing Sumps (1 each wing)... DRAIN 4. Fuel Quantity, L & R Tanks...OPEN / VERIFY 5. Left Side Fuselage & Static Port...CHECK 6. Left Side Gear Well & Switches...CHECK 7. Empennage...CHECK 8. Right Side Fuselage & Static Port...CHECK 9. Right Side Gear Well & Switches...CHECK 10. Right Wing, Flap & Aileron...CHECK 11. Right Tire & Brake...CHECK 12. Cowl, Prop & Spinner...CHECK 13. Air Intake...CHECK 14. Nose Gear (Scissors/Squat) & Strut...CHECK 15. Left Wing, Flap & Aileron...CHECK 16. Pitot Tube & Fuel Vent...CHECK 17. Left Tire & Brake...CHECK 18. Wheel Chocks & Tow Bar...REMOVE 19. Windshield... CLEAN
ENGINE START 1. Seats and Belts...SET AND SECURED 2. Circuit Breakers...IN 3. Cabin/Panel Lights... OFF 4. Brakes...TEST & SET 5. Fuel Selector...OFF, then BOTH 6. Cowl Flaps... OPEN 7. Landing Gear Lever...DOWN 8. Mixture...FULL RICH 9. Prop... HIGH RPM 10. Prime... AS NECESSARY * Use primer knob or up to 6 quick pumps of throttle. 11. Carb. Heat... OFF 12. Beacon (+ Nav for Night Ops)...ON 13. Prop Area...VISUALLY CHECK CLEAR 14. Brakes... APPLY & HOLD 15. Master Switch...ON 16. Start Engine...CHECK OIL PRESSURE 17. Throttle... 1000 RPM 18. Mixture... LEAN FOR TAXI 19. Flaps... RETRACT 20. Avionics Master Switch & Radios...ON 21. Listen to AWOS... GET WX, WIND, ALT, RUNWAY 22. Transponder...SET / ALT 23. Autopilot... CHECK OFF 24. Altimeter... SET 25. GPS...CHECK RAIM 26. Heading Indicator...SET TO MAG COMPASS TAXI 1. Taxiway...VISUALLY CHECK CLEAR 2. Brakes... TEST BOTH SIDES 3. Airspeed Indicator, VSI... CHECK FOR 0 4. Left Turns...CHECK * Wing left, ball right, DG -, MC - 5. Right Turns...CHECK * Wing right, ball left, DG +, MC + 6. Attitude Indicator...< 5 DEG IN TURN 7. Magnetic Compass... NO CRACKS, NO BUBBLES 8. Altimeter... FIELD ELEV +/- 75 feet 9. Alternate Static... TEST 10. Vacuum, Alternator, Amp...IN THE GREEN
ENGINE RUNUP SYSTEMS CHECK 1. Brakes... SET 2. Flight Controls... FREE & CORRECT 3. Autopilot... TEST ALL MODES, then OFF 4. Fuel Selector... BOTH 5. Heading Indicator...SET TO MAG COMPASS HDG 6. Altimeter... SET TO AWOS 7. Radio, Nav & Transponder... SET 8. Elevator & Rudder Trim...TAKEOFF 9. Mixture...FULL RICH 10. Aux Fuel Pump... ON (see fuel pres. rise, then OFF) 11. Throttle... 1700 RPM * Check for all engine and suction gauges in green. 12. Magnetos (L then R)...CHECK * No more than 175 RPM drop each, 50 RPM diff. 13. Propeller... CYCLE 14. Ammeter...CHECK 15. Carb Heat...ON * No more than 50 RPM drop. 16. Throttle... IDLE 17. Carb Heat...OFF (notice RPM increase) 18. Throttle... 1000 RPM 19. Mixture... LEAN FOR TAXI BEFORE TAKEOFF 1. Passenger Briefing... COMPLETE * Sterile cockpit; how to exit in an emergency. 2. Pilot Emergency/Departure Briefing... COMPLETE * Departure plan? Emergency? 3. Flaps...SET FOR TAKEOFF (0-20) 4. Trim...SET FOR TAKEOFF 5. Doors, Windows, Seats & Belts... SECURE 6. Transponder...SET / ALT 7. Strobes & Landing Lights...ON 8. Pitot Heat... AS REQUIRED 9. Check Final, Runway for Traffic... CLEAR 10. Taxi Onto Runway...ANNOUNCE 11. Heading Indicator...SET TO COMPASS / RUNWAY NORMAL TAKEOFF 1. Flaps... 0-20 2. Power...FULL THROTTLE and 2400 RPM 3. Rotate... 50 Knots 4. Climb... 70 Knots flaps 20, 80 KIAS Flaps UP 5. Landing Gear... Tap Brakes, then RETRACT 6. Flaps... RETRACT SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF 1. Flaps... 20 2. Brakes...APPLY 3. Power...FULL THROTTLE and 2400 RPM 4. Brakes...RELEASE 5. Elevator Control... MAINTAIN SLIGHTLY TAIL-LOW 6. Climb...59 Knots until clear of obstacles 7. Landing Gear... Tap Brakes, then RETRACT 8. Flaps... RETRACT slowly after 70 Knots
Normal Climb...90-100 Knots Maximum Performance Climb...80-90 Knots With flaps and gear up: Vx = 65 Vy = 88 CRUISE 1. Power...15-23, 2100-2400 RPM* 2. Elevator and Rudder Trim... ADJUST 3. Mixture...LEAN 4. Cowl Flaps...CLOSED 5. Unnecessary Lights (eg. Landing)... OFF 6. Engine/Flight Instruments... CHECK OFTEN!! * Refer to Skylane Configurations table. BEFORE LANDING 1. Get Weather, Runway Info... LISTEN TO AWOS 2. Altimeter... SET 3. Heading Indicator...SET TO MAG COMPASS 4. Fuel Selector Valve... BOTH 5. Mixture, Prop...FULL FORWARD 6. Landing Gear...DOWN 7. Seatbelts... SECURE 8. Landing Light, Runway Lights...ON AFTER LANDING 1. Hold Short Line... TAXI TO CLEAR 2. Flaps... RETRACT 3. Carb Heat... OFF 4. Cowl Flaps... OPEN 5. Strobes & Landing Light... OFF 6. Mixture...LEAN 7. IFR Flight Plan... CANCEL IF REQUIRED AIRCRAFT SHUTDOWN 1. ELT 121.5... MONITOR 2. Avionics Master & Lights... OFF 3. Throttle... IDLE 4. Magneto Grounding...CHECK 5. Throttle... 1500 RPM 6. Fuel Selector... RIGHT 7. Throttle... IDLE 8. Mixture...IDLE CUTOFF 9. Ignition Switch... OFF (REMOVE KEY) 10. Master Switch... OFF 11. Control Lock, Tie Downs, Covers...INSTALL 12. Sqwawks/Tach/Fuel/Oil/VOR...RECORD 13. Doors...LOCK Call for fuel if required. Close flight plan with FSS. Take your trash with you! GUMPAC Gas, Undercarriage, Mixture, Prop, Autopilot OFF, Carb Heat ON Final Approach: 65-70 Knots flaps DOWN 70-80 knots flaps UP
EMERGENCY CHECKLIST N405JH (Cessna 182RG) ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF RUN 1. Throttle... IDLE 2. Brakes...APPLY 3. Wing Flaps... RETRACT 4. Mixture...IDLE CUTOFF 5. Ignition Switch... OFF ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF 1. Airspeed...70 flaps UP (65 flaps DOWN) 2. Mixture...IDLE CUTOFF 3. Fuel Shutoff/Selector... OFF 4. Ignition Switch... OFF 5. Wing Flaps... AS NECESSARY ENGINE FAILURE DURING FLIGHT 1. Airspeed... 80 (Best Glide) Look for a suitable landing field: land into wind if possible. Attempt a restart: 2. Fuel Selector... BOTH 3. Mixture...FULL RICH 4. Throttle...CHECK 5. Carb Heat...ON 6. Ignition... BOTH (test L and R mags) 7. Master Switch...ON 8. Primer...IN and LOCKED If engine does not restart: 9. MAYDAY ENGINE OUT...Unicom, 121.5 10. Fuel Selector... OFF 11. Mixture...IDLE CUTOFF 12. Master Switch... OFF 13. Doors...UNLATCH BEFORE TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST N405JH (Cessna 182RG) ENGINE FIRE DURING START 1. Cranking... CONTINUE If engine starts: 2. Power...1700 (for a few minutes) 3. Engine...SHUTDOWN If engine does NOT start: 4. Cranking... CONTINUE 5. Fire Extinguisher...GRAB (between front seats) 7. Ignition Switch... OFF 8. Fuel Shutoff/Selector... OFF 9. Fire Extinguisher... SPRAY AT BASE OF FIRE FIRE DURING FLIGHT 1. Mixture...IDLE CUTOFF 2. Fuel Selector... OFF 3. Master Switch... OFF 4. Cabin Heat and Vents...CLOSED 5. Airspeed...TOP OF GREEN LANDING GEAR FAILS TO EXTEND 1. Landing Gear Circuit Breaker...PULL OUT 2. Landing Gear Lever...DOWN 3. Hand Pump...Until Heavy Pressure (~20x) 4. Gear Down Light... GREEN (visually check) 5. Hand Pump...STOW * In an actual gear emergency, stop here. * For training: Push in breaker and recycle gear UP. 6. Landing Gear Circuit Breaker...PUSH IN 7. Landing Gear Lever... UP