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Extending Flaps For Preflight Inspection
Asked by: AJ 4376 views Aircraft Systems, Student Pilot
I was reading a 1977 Cessna 172 N model preflight inspection checklist that’s in the POH and other 70 model Cessna 172’s as well and noticed that nowhere does the checklist say to extend the flaps and visually check them. However, everyone I’ve seen do a preflight on a Cessna extends the flaps for preflight. I think it's a good idea to extend flaps to verify they are operational, etc., but just wondering why the POH doesn’t include extending or checking the flaps on the preflight checklist.
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