Cherokee Archer II Pilot’s Operating Handbook Cherokee Archer II PA-28-181 Handbook Part No. 761 624 Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-28-181, Cherokee Archer II New Piper Aircraft And The Notre Dame Pilot Initiative Partners in Aviation Education Not to be used for flight planning purposes. Data may be inaccurate or out of date. Not an actual Pilot’s Operating Handbook or Airplane Flight Manual. Copyedited by Miss Elizabeth O’Shaughnessy August 2003 Minor typographical corrections (Revision C) by Brian K. Wade, April 2004 Published exclusively for the Notre Dame Pilot Initiative August 2003 Copyrighted by Piper Aircraft Corporation April 1979 2 Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-28-181, Cherokee Archer II Table of Contents SECTION 1 – GENERAL .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 5 1.2 ENGINES ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 PROPELLERS................................................................................................................ 7 1.4 FUEL .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.5 OIL.................................................................................................................................. 7 1.6 MAXIMUM WEIGHTS................................................................................................. 8 1.7 STANDARD AIRPLANE WEIGHTS........................................................................... 8 1.8 BAGGAGE SPACE ....................................................................................................... 8 1.9 SPECIFIC LOADINGS.................................................................................................. 8 SECTION 2 – LIMITATIONS ................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 9 2.2 AIRSPEED LIMITATIONS .......................................................................................... 9 2.3 AIRSPEED INDICATOR MARKINGS........................................................................ 9 2.4 POWER PLANT LIMITATIONS................................................................................ 10 2.5 CENTER OF GRAVITY LIMITS ............................................................................... 10 2.6 MANEUVER LIMITS ................................................................................................. 11 2.7 FLIGHT LOAD FACTORS......................................................................................... 11 2.8 TYPES OF OPERATION ............................................................................................ 11 2.9 FUEL LIMITATIONS.................................................................................................. 11 SECTION 3 – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ....................................................................................... 12 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 12 3.2 EMERGENCY CHECKLISTS .................................................................................... 12 3.3 AMPLIFIED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES (GENERAL)...................................... 14 3.4 ENGINE FIRE DURING START................................................................................ 14 3.5 ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING TAKEOFF .......................................................... 14 3.6 ENGINE POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT ......................................................................... 15 3.7 POWER OFF LANDING............................................................................................. 15 3.8 FIRE IN FLIGHT ......................................................................................................... 16 3.9 LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE.......................................................................................... 16 3.10 LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE..................................................................................... 17 3.11 HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE..................................................................................... 17 3.12 ALTERNATOR FAILURE........................................................................................ 17 3.13 SPIN RECOVERY ..................................................................................................... 17 3.14 OPEN DOOR.............................................................................................................. 18 3.15 CARBURETOR ICING ............................................................................................. 18 3.16 ENGINE ROUGHNESS ............................................................................................ 18 SECTION 4 – NORMAL PROCEDURES............................................................................................... 19 4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 19 4.2 AIRSPEEDS FOR SAFE OPERATIONS.................................................................... 19 4.3 NORMAL PROCEDURES CHECK LIST.................................................................. 20 4.4 AMPLIFIED NORMAL PROCEDURES (GENERAL) ............................................. 23 4.5 PREFLIGHT CHECK .................................................................................................. 23 4.6 BEFORE STARTING ENGINE .................................................................................. 24 4.7 STARTING ENGINE................................................................................................... 25 3 Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-28-181, Cherokee Archer II 4.8 WARM-UP................................................................................................................... 26 4.9 TAXIING...................................................................................................................... 26 4.10 GROUND CHECK..................................................................................................... 26 4.11 BEFORE TAKEOFF.................................................................................................. 27 4.12 TAKEOFF .................................................................................................................. 27 4.13 CLIMB........................................................................................................................ 28 4.14 CRUISING ................................................................................................................. 28 4.15 DESCENT .................................................................................................................. 28 4.16 APPROACH AND LANDING .................................................................................. 29 4.17 STOPPING ENGINE ................................................................................................. 29 4.18 PARKING................................................................................................................... 30 4.19 STALLS...................................................................................................................... 30 4.20 TURBULENT AIR OPERATION............................................................................. 30 4.21 WEIGHT AND BALANCE....................................................................................... 30 SECTION 5 – PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................. 31 5.1 INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE & FLIGHT PLANNING .......................... 31 5.2 FLAPS UP TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE................................................................... 32 5.3 25 deg FLAPS TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE............................................................. 33 5.4 TIME, DISTANCE, & FUEL TO CLIMB................................................................... 34 5.5 ENGINE PERFORMANCE......................................................................................... 35 5.6 SPEED POWER – PERFORMANCE CRUISE .......................................................... 36 5.7 SPEED POWER – ECONOMY CRUISE.................................................................... 37 5.8 BEST POWER MIXTURE RANGE............................................................................ 38 5.9 BEST ECONOMY MIXTURE RANGE ..................................................................... 39 5.10 ENDURANCE............................................................................................................ 40 5.11 GLIDE RANGE.......................................................................................................... 41 5.12 LANDING PERFORMANCE.................................................................................... 42 SECTION 6 – WEIGHT AND BALANCE.............................................................................................. 43 6.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 43 6.2 WEIGHT AND BALANCE LOADING FORM ........................................................