CHECKLIST FOR BEECHCRAFT A23-19

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This document serves as a checklist for the Beechcraft A23-19, outlining normal procedures, emergency procedures, and specific operational speeds. It is intended for pilots operating the Beechcraft A23-19 and provides a comprehensive guide to preflight checks, engine start procedures, and emergency protocols. The checklist format allows for quick reference during flight operations, ensuring that critical steps are not overlooked. Key sections include preflight inspection, engine start, takeoff, and emergency procedures, each detailing essential actions and checks required for safe operation of the aircraft.

Flaps should be set to 35 degrees for landing.
Best glide speed is 78 KIAS.
Normal operating speed (VNO) is 134 KIAS.
Engine start requires mixture full rich and throttle at fast idle.
Emergency landing airspeed with flaps up is 78 KIAS.

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Type: Checklist
Year: 2016
Pages: 2
File size: 133 KB
Publisher: salt.aero

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Normal Procedures

This section outlines the standard preflight checks including ensuring aircraft documents are on board, checking the fire extinguisher, and verifying fuel quantity. It details the necessary steps for exterior inspection, including checks on the fuselage, wings, and landing gear.

Engine Start Procedures

The engine start procedures include checks for the anti-collision light, mixture settings, and throttle positions. It specifies actions to take for normal and flooded/warm engine starts, ensuring the pilot is prepared for various scenarios.

Emergency Procedures

This section provides detailed steps for handling engine failures during takeoff and in-flight. It includes procedures for restarting the engine with the propeller windmilling and outlines actions for various emergency situations such as electrical fires and cabin fires.

Airspeed for Safe Operation

Critical airspeeds for the Beechcraft A23-19 are listed, including best rate-of-climb speed (VY) at 72 KIAS, best angle-of-climb speed (VX) at 65 KIAS, and landing final approach speed at 55 KIAS. These speeds are essential for safe flight operations.

Safety notes

Ensure all checklists marked for memorization are committed to memory.
Always verify fuel quantity before flight.

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NORMAL PROCEDURES PREFLIGHT 1. Aircraft Documents......................... ON BOARD 2. Fire Extinguisher .......... CHARGED & SECURE 3. Flight Control Lock ............................. REMOVE 4. Parking brake .............................................. ON 5. Magnetos ................................................... OFF 6. Avionics Master Switch & Electrics ............ OFF 7. GEN/BAT Master Switch .............................. ON 8. Fuel Quantity ......................................... CHECK 9. Flaps ................................................ 35O (FULL) 10. GEN/BAT Master Switch .......................... OFF EXTERIOR INSPECTION RIGHT FUSELAGE SIDE 1. Static port .............................................. CHECK TAIL 1. Stabilizers and Control Surfaces ........... CHECK 2. Tie downs ........................................... REMOVE 3. Anti-collision/Nav light ........................... CHECK LEFT FUSELAGE SIDE 1. Static port .............................................. CHECK 2. Antennas ............................................... CHECK LEFT WING 1. Wing Flap ................................ VISUAL CHECK 2. Fuel Tank Vents .................................... CHECK 3. Aileron ..................................... VISUAL CHECK 4. Lights..................................................... CHECK 5. Pitot Probe ................... CLEAN, HOLES-OPEN 6. Stall Warning ......................................... CHECK 7. Fuel Quantity ........................... VISUAL CHECK 8. Left Main Landing Gear........... VISUAL CHECK 9. Fuel drain ................................. DRAIN WATER NOSE 1. Cowling .......................... VISUAL INSPECTION 2. Air Intakes ..............................................CLEAR 3. Propeller Blades & SPINNER ............... CHECK 4. Nose Gear ............................................. CHECK 5. Oil .................... CHECK LEVEL ( 6-4 QUARTS) 6. Fuel Filter Drain........................ DRAIN WATER RIGHT WING 1. Fuel Drain................................. DRAIN WATER 2. Right Main Landing Gear ........ VISUAL CHECK 3. Fuel Quantity ........................... VISUAL CHECK 4. Lights..................................................... CHECK 5. Aileron ..................................... VISUAL CHECK 6. Wing Flap ................................ VISUAL CHECK 7. Fuel Tank Vents .................................... CHECK BEFORE STARTING ENGINE 1. Parking Brake............................................... ON 2. Seat position ...............................................SET 3. Seatbelts ................. FASTENED & ADJUSTED 4. Flight Controls .................... FREE & CORRECT 5. Throttle .......................................................IDLE 6. All Avionics & Electrics ............................... OFF 7. Circuit Breakers.......................................ALL IN 8. ALT/BAT Master Switch .............................. ON 9. Fuel Pump ............................. CHECK ON/OFF 13. Comm Radio .............................................. ON 14. ATC Startup clearence ................. RECEIVED 15. Comm Radio ............................................ OFF 16. Altimeter ........................................... SET QNH BEECHCRAFT A23-19 ENGINE START 1. Anti – Collision Light ..................................... ON 2. Mixture ............................................. FULL RICH 3. Brakes ..................................................... HOLD 4. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON 5.Throttle ............................................. FAST IDLE 6. Propeller Area ....................................... CLEAR 7. Starter ....................... ENGAGE ( MAX 30 SEC) 8. Throttle .................................... 800 - 1000 RPM 9. Oil Pressure ........................................... CHECK 10. Engine instruments .............................. CHECK FLOODED/WARM ENGINE START 1. Mixture ...................................................... LEAN 2. Throttle .................................................... OPEN 3. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON 4. Propeller Area ....................................... CLEAR 5. Starter ................................................. ENGAGE AFTER ENGINE ENGAGEMENT 6. Throttle .............................. ADJUST 1000 RPM 7. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 8. Oil Pressure ........................................... CHECK AFTER STARTING ENGINE 1. Flaps ................................... CHECK/ RETRACT 2. Avionics & Electrics ...................................... ON 3. Transponder ............................................. STBY 4. Radios/NAV/GPS ....................................... SET 5. Fuel Pump .............................. CHECK OFF/ON 7. Engine Instruments ............................... CHECK 8. Elevator Trim .................................... NEUTRAL TAXI 1. Parking Brake/Taxi light ....................... OFF/ON 2. Brakes/Flight Instruments ...................... CHECK RUN UP POSITION 1. Parking Brake/Taxi light ....................... ON/OFF 2. Mixture ............................................. FULL RICH 3. Throttle ............................................. 2000 RPM 4. Oil Temp ....................... GREEN ( 170º - 220ºF) 5. Oil Pressure ................... NORMAL ( 30-60 PSI) 6. Vacuum Gauge ..................................... CHECK 7. Mixture Lean Function ........................... CHECK 8. Magnetos ........... CHECK (DROP 125 DIFF±50) 9. Carburetor ................ HOT/COLD (RPM DROP) 10. Throttle ........................................... 1500 RPM 11. Alternator Load ( Ammeter) ................. CHECK 12. Throttle ................................................... IDLE 13. Engine instruments ............................. GREEN 14. Flight Controls .......................... CHECK FREE 15. Doors/Windows ................. CLOSED/LOCKED

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16. Flaps ................................................... 15O SET 17. Fuel Pump .................................................. ON 18. Take-Off Briefing ....................... COMPLETED CHECK LISTS MARKED WITH THE THICK VERTICAL LINE ON THE LEFT SHOULD BE MEMORIZED VERSION I – 17.08.2016 BASED ON Beechcraft Musketeer A23-19 AFM Manufactured by PUND® SP-FGW LINE UP 1. Parking Brake/Taxi&Landing Lights..... OFF/ON 2. Strobe Lights.................................................ON 3. Gyro ...................................................... CHECK 4. Elevator Trim .................................... NEUTRAL 5. Transponder ............................................... ALT 6. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH TAKE-OFF 1. Take-off power ............................................ SET 2. RPM ................................................... MIN 2500 3. Engine Gauges .................................... CHECK 4. Rotation ................................................ 65 KIAS 5. Climb speed .......................................... 72 KIAS CLIMB 1. Throttle...................................................... FULL 2. Flaps ............................................................. UP 3. Landing/Taxi Light ...................................... OFF CRUISE 1. Cruise Power .........................SET ( 2200 RPM) 2. Fuel Pump ................................................. OFF 3. Altimeters .................................................... SET 4. Mixture ................................................. ADJUST DESCENT 1. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 2. Fuel Pump ....................................................ON 3. Carburetor................................. AS REQUIRED 4. Throttle...................................... AS REQUIRED FINAL 1. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 2. Flaps ................................................. 35O (LDG) 3. Carburetor.................................................. HOT 4. Fuel Pump ................................................... ON 5. Landing/Taxi Light ........................................ON 6. Approach Speed ................................... 65 KIAS GO AROUND 1. Throttle........................................FULL POWER 2. Carburetor................................................ COLD 3. Airspeed................................................ 58 KIAS 4. Flaps ............................................................. UP RUNWAY VACATED 1. Landing & Strobe Lights ............................. OFF 2. Flaps ...................................................... 0O (UP) 3. Transponder .............................................STBY 4. Elevator Trim .................................... NEUTRAL SHUT DOWN POSITION 1. Parking Brake/Taxi light ....................... ON/OFF 2. Avionics/Electrics/Lights ............................. OFF 3. Throttle....................................................... IDLE 4. Fuel Pump ................................................. OFF 5. Engine............................................... COOLING 6. Mixture ............................................... CUT OFF 7. Anti collision light ........................................ OFF 8. Magnetos .................................................... OFF 9. ALT/BAT Master Switch.............................. OFF 10. Tie Downs ............................... AS REQUIRED EMERGECY PROCEDURES ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKE-OFF RUN 1. Throttle .......................................................IDLE 2. Brakes ....................................... AS REQUIRED 3. Flaps ..................................................... 0O (UP) 4. Fuel Shut-off Valve.............................. CLOSED 5. Mixture ............................................... CUT OFF 6. Magnetos ................................................... OFF 7. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................. OFF ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF INSUFFICIENT ENGINE POWER 1. Airspeed ............................................... 65 KIAS 2. Throttle ...................................................... FULL 3. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 4. Fuel Shut-off Valve.................................. OPEN 5. Magnetos ................................................. BOTH 6. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING 1. Mixture ............................................... CUT OFF 2. Fuel Shut-off Valve.............................. CLOSED 3. Magnetos ................................................... OFF 4. Flaps ......................................... AS REQUIRED 5. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................. OFF ENGINE FAILURE DURING FLIGHT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGHLY 1. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 2. Magnetos .............................. L-BOTH-R-BOTH 3. Carburetor ....................................... HOT/COLD 3. Fuel Shut-off Valve.................................. OPEN 4. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON 6. Throttle ........................... PRESENT POSITION 7. No improvment. RED. THROTTLE LAND ASAP RESTARTING THE ENGINE WITH PROPELLER WINDMILLING 1. Airspeed ............................................... 78 KIAS 2. Magnetos ................................................. BOTH 3. Fuel Shut-off Valve.................................. OPEN 4. Throttle ...........................................FULL OPEN 5. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 6. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON AFTER SUCCESSFUL RE-START 1. Oil Pressure .......................................... CHECK 2. Oil Temp................................................ CHECK 3. Fuel Pump .................................................. OFF 4. Electrically Equipment .......... ON IF REQUIRED RESTARTING THE ENGINE WITH PROPELLER AT FULL STOP 1. Airspeed ............................................... 78 KIAS 2. Electrically Equipment ................................ OFF 3. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................... ON 4. Mixture ............................................ FULL RICH 5. Fuel Shut-off Valve.................................. OPEN 6. Fuel Pump .................................................... ON 7. Throttle .................................. FULL FORWARD 8. Magnetos ............................................... START AFTER SUCCESSFUL RESTART 1. Oil Pressure .......................................... CHECK 2. Oil Temp................................................ CHECK 3. Fuel Pump .................................................. OFF 4. Electrically Equipment .......... ON IF REQUIRED BEECHCRAFT A23-19 GLIDING 1. Flaps ...................................................... 0O (UP) 2. Airspeed ............................................... 78 KIAS 3. Glide ratio ................................................... 10:1 EMERGENCY LANDING INSUFFICIENT ENGINE POWER 1. Airspeed ( Flaps UP) ............................ 78 KIAS 2. Airspeed ( Flaps Extended) .................. 65 KIAS 4. Fuel Shut-off Valve ............................. CLOSED 5. Mixture ...................................... IDLE CUT-OFF 6. Magnetos .................................................... OFF 7. Safety Belts ...................................... SECURED 8. Radio ............................................... TRANSMIT 9. Flaps ......................................... AS REQUIRED 10. ALT/BAT Master Switch ........................... OFF ENGINE FIRE DURING ENGINE-START-UP ON THE GROUND 1. Fuel Shut-off Valve ............................. CLOSED 2. Cabin Vent/Heat ................................. CLOSED 3. Mixture ...................................... IDLE CUT-OFF 4. GEN/BAT Master Switch ............................ OFF 5. Magnetos .................................................... OFF 6. Evacuation ................................. IMMEDIATELY ENGINE FIRE DURING FLIGHT 1. Fuel Shut-off Valve ............................. CLOSED 2. Mixture ................................................ CUT OFF 3. Throttle ...................................................... IDLE 4. Cabin Vent/Heat ................................. CLOSED 5. Airspeed ............................................... 78 KIAS 6. Fuel Pump .................................................. OFF 7. Emergency Landing ........................ PERFORM ELECTRICAL FIRE INCLUDING SMOKE DURING FLIGHT 1. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................. OFF 2. Cabin Air .................................................. OPEN 3. Fire Extinguisher ....... USE IF SMOKE CONTIN 4. Electrical Equipment ................................... OFF 5. Circuit Breakers ................................. PULL ALL 6. Circuit Breaker ........................ PUSH BATTERY 7. ALT/BAT Master Switch ........ ON BAT ½ ONLY 9. Circuit Breaker .................................. PUSH ALT 11. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................. ON 15. Circuit Breaker ........... PUSH REQUIRED SYS 16. Radio .......................................................... ON LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FIRE INCLUDING SMOKE ON THE GROUND 1. ALT/BAT Master Switch ............................. OFF IF ENGINE RUNNING 1. Throttle ...................................................... IDLE 2. Mixture ................................................ CUT OFF 3. Fuel Shut-off Valve ............................. CLOSED 4. Magnetos .................................................... OFF 5. Door ......................................................... OPEN 6. Fire Extinguisher ................ USE IF REQUIRED SP-FGW CABIN FIRE DURING FLIGHT 1. ALT/BAT Master Switch.............................. OFF 2. Cabin Air .................................................. OPEN 3. Cabin Heat .......................................... CLOSED 4. Fire Extinguisher ................ USE IF REQUIRED LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE 1. Circuit Breaker ....................................... RESET 2. ALT/BAT Master Switch................................ON IF POWER NOT RESTORED 3. ALT/BAT Master Switch.............................. OFF LAND AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT ALTERNATOR FAILURE GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED 1. ALT Master Switch............................... OFF/ON 2. Circuit Breaker ............................... ALT RESET IF UNSUCCESSFUL 3. Electrical load ..................................... REDUCE LAND AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT AIRSPEED FOR SAFE OPERATION Best Rate-of-Climb Speed (VY) ................ 72 KIAS Best Angle-of-Climb Speed (VX) ............... 65 KIAS Cruise Climb Speed .................................. 89 KIAS Max Flaps Extended Sp (VFE) ................... 97 KIAS Normal Operating Speed (VNO) ............... 134 KIAS Landing Final App Speed ......................... 55 KIAS Best Glide Angle Speed............................ 78 KIAS Maneuvering Speed (VA) ........................ 115 KIAS Max Demo Crosswind............................... 13 KIAS CHECK LISTS MARKED WITH THE THICK VERTICAL LINE ON THE LEFT SHOULD BE MEMORAIZED VERSION I – 17.08.2016 BASED ON Beechcraft Musketeer A23-19 AFM Manufactured by PUND®

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