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C152

Cessna 152 cockpit Cream instrument panel with flight instruments on the left, a central radio stack and engine instruments on the right. The wood-effect lower panel includes fuel and oil gauges, electrical switches, throttle, mixture, wing flap selector, cabin controls, elevator trim and a map compartment. Both control yokes are positioned below the panel, leaving their column openings visible. The floor-mounted fuel shutoff valve is shown from above between the yokes, with ON and OFF markings and its handle in ON. SPIN RECOVERY INTERCOMONOFF Pilot yoke column opening Copilot yoke column opening Airspeed indicator, knots with inner MPH window 406080100120140160 1802004060 AIRSPEEDKNOTSMPH Attitude indicator 2010 10102020 Exhaust gas temperature indicator EGT25°F/DIV.Alcor* Three-pointer altimeter 0123456789 100FEET 101010151020 ALT VOR course indicator N36E1215S2124W3033 KING OBS Turn coordinator OFF TURN COORDINATOR LR2 MIN.NO PITCHINFORMATION Directional gyro N36E1215S2124W3033 VACUUM PUSH Vertical speed indicator 0510152015105 VERTICAL SPEED100 FEET PER MINUTEUPDOWN Recording tachometer 35101520253035 RPMHUNDREDSHOURS Flying-hours counter, minutes and accumulated flight hours 102030405060 minwinterQUARZFLUGSTUNDEN Ammeter 60060−+AMPERES Suction gauge 456SUCTIONHG MANEUVERINGSPEED Garmin GNC 255A NAV/COM radio COMNAVPUSH IDGARMINPUSHCRSR MONC/NOBST/FFUNCCLRENT Photographed transponder OFFSBYONALTTEST IDENT BENDIX/KING Carbon monoxide detector card 18-Month Carbon Monoxide Detector QUANTUM EYE Hour recorder HOURS TOTAL HOURS Panel warning light Left and right fuel quantity indicators E½FL. FUEL LEFT TANK E½FR. FUEL RIGHT TANK Oil temperature and oil pressure instrument cluster 245OIL TEMP 060100OIL PRESS PARKING BRAKE PARKING BRAKE PRIMER PRIMER Cigar lighter LIGHTER Split master switch MASTERALTBAT ONOFF Ignition switch OFFRLBOTHSTART Panel and radio light rheostat PANEL LTRADIO LT Lower rocker switch bank DOME PITOTHT NAV BCNLIGHTS TAXI LDG ONOFF Engine and equipment circuit breakers, in two groups ALT FUELIND BCNPITOT STROBELTS LDGLTS FLAP Elevator trim wheel and position scale NOSEDNTAKEOFFNOSEUP ELEVATORTRIM Wing flap selector and position indicator WING FLAPS 0°10°20°30° CARB HEAT CARB HEAT CABIN AIR CABIN AIR CABIN HEAT CABIN HEAT THROTTLE THROTTLE MIXTURE MIXTURE Map compartment Pilot control yoke, positioned below the panel Copilot control yoke, positioned below the panel Fuel shutoff valve, on the floor between the seats, shown ON FUEL ON OFF FLOOR · BETWEEN SEATS CESSNA 152
Cessna 152 (C152)For study and practice

Checklists

Checklists

Preflight

  1. Cabin
  2. Empennage
  3. Right wing trailing edge
  4. Right wing
  5. Nose
  6. Left wing
  7. Left wing leading edge
  8. Left wing trailing edge
  9. Before starting engine

Departure

  1. Starting engine (temperature above freezing)
  2. Taxi
  3. Before takeoff
  4. Lining up
  5. Normal takeoff
  6. Short field takeoff
  7. 500 ft AGL

Flight & arrival

  1. Enroute climb
  2. Cruise
  3. Descent
  4. Before landing
  5. Normal landing
  6. Short field landing
  7. Balked landing
  8. After landing

Shutdown

  1. Securing airplane
  2. Post-flight general inspection

Emergency procedures

  1. Engine failure during takeoff roll
  2. Engine failure immediately after takeoff
  3. Engine failure during flight
  4. Emergency landing without engine power
  5. Precautionary landing with engine power
  6. Ditching
  7. Fire during start on ground
  8. Engine fire in flight
  9. Electrical fire in flight
  10. Cabin fire
  11. Wing fire
  12. Icing
  13. Landing with a flat main tire
  14. Landing with a flat nose tire
  15. Ammeter shows excessive rate of charge
  16. Low-voltage light illuminates during flight (discharge)