How do you create an aircraft checklist?

3 Vital Tips for Creating a Good Aviation Checklist
  1. Identify your checklist (Do-confirm or Read-do) A Do-confirm checklist allows users to go through necessary steps within the checklist and run through it to ensure completeness. ...
  2. Keep it simple and precise. ...
  3. Test your checklist.




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In the airplane, there's a checklist for everything: a preflight checklist, a startup checklist, a before takeoff checklist, a climb checklist, and many more. There are troubleshooting checklists and emergency checklists.

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Use your BEFORE LANDING checklist—it's there for a reason! Repeat your GUMPS check (gas, undercarriage, mixture, propeller, seat belts and switches) OUT LOUD several times before you land. Visually (if possible) confirm the gear is extended.

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Code letter F Wingspan 65 m but < 80 m. Typical aeroplane BOEING 747-8/AIRBUS A-380-800.

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The medium Airliner Jets, like the Boeing 737 and the Airbus 320, normally fall into Category C.

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The PAVE checklist is a great way to evaluate your personal minimums and hazards you could experience when flying. Each letter stands for a different risk when flying; Personal/Pilot, Aircraft, EnVironment, and External Pressures. These are the factors a pilot must take into account when making their decision to fly.

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Checklists ensure that every step is performed and in the correct order. Passenger airlines and the military require preflight checklists, in most cases spoken aloud. This best practice is perhaps even more important for a solo pilot who has no flight crew to assist them.

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