Arrival at the Aircraft

Question 1

What’s the first thing we need before the flight and without which no flight will be undertaken?

Answer 1

Relevant mass and balance calculations

Rwy length calculations

Question 2

Where can we find the calculations?

Answer 2

POH sections 5&6

Question 3

What copies of necessary legal and internal documents do we need for the flight?

Answer 3

AWC
ARC
Registration Certificate
Acft radio station licence
Insurance Policy
Maintenance Program
Noise certificate

Question 4

What do we do before entering the cockpit?

Answer 4

Remove pitot cover and chocks

Question 5

What do we do after?

Answer 5

Drain the acft

Question 6

What do we check after?

Answer 6

Function of alternate static souce

Question 7

How do we do it?

Answer 7

Select it in the ON position

Question 8

What do we check after?

Answer 8

static drains

Question 9

What do we check after?

Answer 9

pitch trim

Question 10

Moving on to avionics, what do we check?

Answer 10

COM/NAV and magnetos are OFF

Question 11

Circuit breakers?

Answer 11

IN

Question 12

Gear selector?

Answer 12

Down position

Question 13

What do we switch ON after?

Answer 13

MASTER

Question 14

What do we check that is working?

Answer 14

gear lights
fuel quantity indicators
exterior lights

Question 15

What do we do after?

Answer 15

MASTER OFF

Question 16

What do we check again?

Answer 16

that no breakers have popped

Question 17

What could a popped breaker indicate?

Answer 17

possible short circuit in the system

Question 18

What do we do to compete the checks?

Answer 18

drain the XFEED