DA-40 DIAMOND NORMAL CHECKLIST(01 Jun 2010)

1.Before Starting Caution

1 Pre-flight Inspection Complete Do not engage starter for more than 10sec. Between
2 Aircraft Documents On Board attempts, allow starter to cool for 20sec. After 6
3 Baggage Stowed attempts, allow starter to cool for 30 minutes.
4 Passenger Brief Complete 4.When Started
5 Rudder Pedals Adjust 1 Throttle 1000 RPM
6 Seatbelts Fastened & Adjusted 2 Master Switch ALT On
7 Rear Door Closed & Locked 3 Avionics Master Switch On
8 Front Canopy Position 1 or 2 4 Oil Pressure Check Green (15 secs)
9 Fuel Tank Selector Lowest Tank 5 Fuel Pump Off
10 Mixture Idle Cut-Off 6 Fuel Pressure Check
11 Propeller Control Full Forward 7 Ammeter Check
12 Throttle Idle 8 Engine Gauges Check
13 Trim T/O 9 Alerts Check Appropriate
14 Quadrant Friction Lock Adjust
15 Circuit Breakers Check 5.Pre Taxi
16 Alternate Air Off 1 Aircraft Lighting As Required
17 Alternate Static Source Off 2 Transponder Check GND (Code 2000)
18 Avionics Master Off 3 Radios/Nav/GPS Set
19 Essential Bus Off 4 Flight Instruments Set
20 Electrics Off 5 Alerts Appropriate
21 Master Switch BAT On 6 Pitot Heat On, check annun and Amps
22 Parking Brake On 7 Pitot Heat Off(Acknowledge Caution)
23 Flight Controls Free & Correct 8 Engine Gauges Check
24 Exterior Lights As Required 9 Flaps Extend, then Up in stages
25 Instrument Lighting As Required 10 Take-off Bfg Carry out
26 Alerts Check & Acknowledge 11 Taxi Permission Obtain
27 MFD Database Check ENT to Clear Screen 12 Throttle 2000RPM(15sec), idle
28 MFD Set to Engine Page 13 Taxi light On
29 Fuel Calculator Enter Actual Amount 14 Chocks Wave-off
30 ATIS/Start-up Obtain 15 Parking Brake Release
2.Starting Engine (Cold Start) 16 Brakes Check
1 Brakes Hold 17 Flight Instruments Check While Rolling
2 Throttle Open 3cm 6.Run-Up
3 Fuel Pump On (Check Noise) 1 Area Clear
4 Mixture Rich 3-5sec, watch fuel flow 2 Parking Brake Set, RPM-1000
5 Mixture Idle Cut-off 3 Taxi Light Off
6 Throttle Just Above Idle 4 MFD Set to Engine page
7 Propeller Area Call “Clear” 5 Engine Gauges Check
8 Ignition Switch Start 6 Mixture Rich
9 Mixture Advance to Rich 7 Propeller Fully Forward
3.Starting Engine (Warm Start) 8 Power 1500 RPM for 1min
1 Brakes Hold 9 Fuel Selector Switch to Fullest tank
2 Throttle Open 3cm 10 Throttle 2000RPM
3 Fuel Pump On (Check Noise) 11 Magnetos Check-Max 175 ea; Max diff. 50
---HOT START;IF OIL TEMP>100 F, PROCEED TO STEP 7--- 12 Propeller Cycle(3 times)max 500RPM Drop
6 Mixture Rich 1sec then Idle Cut-off 13 Mixture Control Check
7 Throttle Just Above Idle 14 Alternate Air Check
8 Propeller Area Call “Clear” 15 Alternator Check Load
9 Ignition Switch Start 16 Engine Gauges Check
10 Mixture Advance to Rich 17 Throttle Idle 600-800 RPM Allowed
18 Throttle 1000 RPM
19 MFD Set to MAP page
 7.Pre-Takeoff
1 Safety Belts Fastened 7 Instruments Check Flight & Engine
2 Trim Set to Take-off 8 Lights Landing Lt. On
3 Fuel Selector Valve Verify Fullest tank 9 Seat Belts Fastened
4 Mixture Rich 10 Passenger Safety Review Complete
5 Propeller Full Forward Caution
6 Circuit Breakers Check In Operating at high altitudes with fuel pump OFF may
7 Flaps T/O cause vapour bubbles, resulting in intermittent low fuel
8 Magnetos Both pressure indications, sometimes followed by high fuel
9 Alternate Air Closed flow indications.
10 Master Switch On 13.Approach Check-List
11 Flight Instruments Set 1 Brakes Check Pressure
12 Canopy and Rear Door Closed & Locked 2 Belts Fastened
13 Alerts Check Clear 3 Instruments Check Flt. &Eng
14 Eng Gauges & Fuel Quantity Check 4 Mixture Rich
15 Flight Controls Free & Correct 5 Magnetos Both
16 Passenger Safety Review Complete 6 Fuel Pump On
17 Take-off Time Record 7 Fuel Selector Valve Fullest Tank selected
18 Pitot Heat As Required Contents sufficient
19 Departure Clearance Obtain & brief 8 Alerts Check
20 Fuel Pump On 9 Speed Below 108kts
21 Canopy Recheck closed 10 Flaps To Approach
22 Lights Taxi,Ldg&Strobe On 14.Landing Check-List
23 Runway Identified 1 Speed Below 91kts
24 Parking Brake Release 2 Flaps To Land
8.Checks After Line-Up 3 Mixture Rich
1 RPM set 1500 4 Propeller Fully Forward
2 compass check on r/w hdg 5 Lights Taxi Light On
3 eng para check 15.After Landing
4 take-off path check clear 1 Throttle 1000RPM
9.After Take-off 2 Flaps Up
1 Flaps Up 3 Pitot Heat Off
2 Fuel Pump Off, Check Pressure 4 Fuel Pump Off
3 Engine Gauges Check 5 Transponder Verify GND
4 Transponder Verify ALT 6 Lights strobe & Ldg Lts off
5 Lights Taxi light Off 7 Time Record
6 Climb Power Set for Climb 16.Shutdown
1 parking brakes on
10.Level Off 2 Throttle 1000RPM
1 Power Set for Cruise 3 Engine Instruments Check
2 Mixture Lean for -100 4 Radio Check ELT
3 Lights Landing Lt. Off 5 Avionics Master Switch Off
4 Alerts Check 6 Lights Off
11.Periodically During Flight 7 Throttle 2000(15 sec)
L Location & Lookout 1000RPM**
I Instruments 8 Live Magnetos** Check idle cut
F Fuel 9 throttle Idle
E Emergency Plan 10 mixture idle cut-Off
12.Descent 11 ignition switch Off
1 Aerodrome Information Received 12 Master Switch Off
2 Mixture Rich 13 Flight Control Lock Install(if required)
3 Propeller 2400 RPM 14 Aircraft Chocked & Secure
4 Throttle As Required **Last sortie of day
5 Circuit Breakers Check In
6 Master Switch On