DA42 - AEO Visual Circuit

1 Line Up Check

• Canopy / Rear Door - CLOSED & LOCKED

• Time - NOTED

• Transponder - CODE / MODE CHECKED

• Approach Sector & RWY - CLEAR

• Landing Light - ON

• De-Ice - AS REQUIRED

2 Line Up

• Approach Sector Clear

• Runway Identified

• Heading Checked

2 Take Off

• Available Power Check:

  • Power - MAX (10s)

  • Annunciations & Instruments - CHECKED

  • RPM & Load - 2250-2300, >93%

• Brake Release

• Take Off

• Speed Rise

4 V_R

• “Rotate”

• “Positive Climb”

• Brakes

• “Gear Up”

Maintain 85 kt

5. 400 ft AAL

Accelerate to 100 kt

• “Speed Above 90 kt”

• “Flaps Up”

92% Power

6. >500 ft AAL = Climb Check

• Gear - UP

• Flaps - UP

• Climb Power - SET 92%

• Fuel Pumps - OFF

• Engine Instruments - CHECKED

• Alternate Air - AS REQUIRED

• Landing Light - AS REQUIRED

100 kt

7 Circuit Altitude

Level Off

50% Power

100 kt

8 Approach Check

• Altimeters - QNH SET

• Fuel Pumps - ON

• Fuel Quantity - L+R / ENDURANCE

• Fuel Selectors - ON

• Gear Warning & Fire Detector - TESTED

• Landing Light - ON

9 “Halfway Downwind”

• “Speed below 133”

• “Flaps APP”

10 Abeam Threshold

• Time Check

• Heading Check

11 Reaching Descent Point

• Power 25%

• “Gear Down”

• Maintain 100 kt

12 Final

• “Speed Below 113”

• “Flaps Landing”

• Reduce speed to V_app

13 Landing Check

• Gear - 3 GREENS CHECKED

• Flaps - SET FOR LANDING

• Park Brake - RELEASED

• Rudder Trim - NEUTRAL

14. 300 ft AGL

• V_app

• “Stabilized”