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C172P Wings on fire checklist

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Hi, I have some question about the checklist on POH for C172P model. If you look into the emergency procedure section 3 you will be able to see that the procedure for wings on fire: 1. Landing lights - off   2. Pitot heat - off  3. Navigation lights - off  4. Strobe light - off.

so my question is why should we turn off the landing light first instead of turning those light that on the wings while your wings is on fire?

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  1. Mark Kolber on Jul 13, 2018

    It might differ with the exact vintage, but the landing light on the P model is on the wing. All three of those lights are.

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