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Airbus A321-200 checklist

2 × CFM56-5B / V2500-A5 · longest of the ceo family · CONF 3 landings common

Every phase for the Airbus A321-200, as flown in a flight simulator — panel scans marked as flows, read-and-respond cards marked as checklists. Open the interactive version to tick lines off, fill in your speeds and keep your place between sessions.

Preliminary Cockpit Prep Flow · from memory

  1. BATTERIES 1 + 2ON — 25.5 V MIN
  2. EXT PWR / APUAS REQUIRED
  3. APU FIRE TESTPERFORMED
  4. APU MASTER SWON
  5. APU STARTON — AVAIL
  6. APU BLEEDON
  7. ADIRS 1 / 2 / 3NAV

    8. Align takes ~7 min. Do it early — aircraft must stay still.

  8. EXTERIOR LIGHTSNAV & LOGO ON
  9. COCKPIT LIGHTINGAS REQUIRED
  10. OXYGEN MASKSTESTED — CREW SUPPLY ON
  11. ACCU PRESSGREEN BAND
  12. PARKING BRAKEON

Cockpit Preparation Flow · from memory

  1. GEAR LEVERDOWN
  2. FLAP LEVERAGREES WITH SURFACES
  3. SPEED BRAKE LEVERRETRACTED — DISARMED
  4. ENG MASTERS 1 + 2OFF
  5. ENG MODE SELECTORNORM
  6. SEAT BELTS / NO SMOKINGON / AUTO
  7. EMER EXIT LTARM
  8. FUEL PUMPSON — QUANTITY CHECKED
  9. ANTI ICEAS REQUIRED
  10. WEATHER RADAR / PWSOFF / AUTO
  11. GPWS / TERRAS REQUIRED
  12. TRANSPONDERCODE SET — STBY
  13. MCDUINIT A/B · F-PLN · PERF

    14. ZFW / ZFWCG and block fuel from your loadsheet, then take-off perf.

  14. TAKEOFF DATAV1 / VR / V2 / FLEX INSERTED

    15. FLEX temp must be above the current TAT/OAT or the FADEC ignores it and gives you CLB thrust.

  15. BARO REFSET & CROSSCHECKED
  16. FCUSPD / HDG / ALT SET
  17. TAKEOFF BRIEFINGCOMPLETED

Before Start Checklist · read & respond

  1. COCKPIT PREPCOMPLETED
  2. GEAR PINS & COVERSREMOVED
  3. SIGNSON / AUTO
  4. ADIRSNAV
  5. FUEL QUANTITY____ KG — CHECKED
  6. TO DATASET
  7. BARO REF____ SET
  8. Below the line
  9. WINDOWS / DOORSCLOSED
  10. BEACONON
  11. THR LEVERSIDLE
  12. PARKING BRAKEAS REQUIRED

Engine Start Flow · from memory

  1. PUSHBACK / START CLEARANCEOBTAINED
  2. ENG MODE SELECTORIGN / START
  3. ENG MASTER 2ON

    4. CFM56-5B: start valve opens and N2 rises, igniter at 16% N2, fuel flow at 22% N2, EGT rise within 15 s. Stable idle ≈ 19% N1 / 59% N2.

  4. ENG MASTER 1ON

    5. Starter duty cycle — if a start is aborted, give the starter its cooling period before trying again.

  5. ENG MODE SELECTORNORM
  6. APU BLEEDOFF
  7. ENGINE PARAMETERSSTABILISED

After Start Checklist · read & respond

  1. ANTI ICEAS REQUIRED
  2. ECAM STATUSCHECKED
  3. PITCH TRIM____ SET
  4. RUDDER TRIMZERO

Taxi / Before Takeoff Checklist · read & respond

  1. FLIGHT CONTROLSCHECKED — FULL & FREE
  2. FLAP SETTINGCONF ____

    3. Longest of the ceo family, so the tail is a long way behind you. Rotate at about 3°/s and stop at 15° of pitch until you are airborne.

  3. V1 / VR / V2 / FLEX TEMP____ SET
  4. ATCSET
  5. ECAM MEMOTO — NO BLUE
  6. T.O CONFIGTEST — NORMAL
  7. SIGNS / SPLRS / FLAPS / AUTO BRKON · ARM · T.O · MAX
  8. TAKEOFF RWY____ CONFIRMED
  9. CABIN CREWADVISED
  10. Line-up items
  11. PACKS 1 + 2AS REQUIRED

    12. Packs off buys thrust for a hot / high / short runway — recompute your take-off performance for the configuration you actually use.

  12. ENG ANTI ICEAS REQUIRED

    13. Engine anti-ice lowers the available N1 — recheck FLEX / TOGA perf if you switch it on.

  13. ENG MODE SELECTORIGN IF RAIN / ICE
  14. TCASTA / RA
  15. EXTERIOR LIGHTSSTROBE · NOSE T.O · RWY TURN OFF
  16. CHRONOSTART

After Takeoff / Climb Checklist · read & respond

  1. LANDING GEARUP
  2. FLAPSRETRACTED
  3. PACKSON
  4. ENG MODE SELECTORNORM
  5. APUOFF / AS REQUIRED
  6. EXTERIOR LIGHTSSET

    7. Landing lights off passing 10,000 ft, seat belts as required.

  7. BARO REFSTD SET AT TRANS ALT

Cruise Flow · from memory

  1. FUELCHECKED vs FLIGHT PLAN
  2. POSITION / NAV ACCURACYCROSSCHECKED
  3. CRUISE LEVEL / STEP CLIMBAS PLANNED
  4. WEATHER RADARAS REQUIRED
  5. DESCENT PREPARRIVAL · APPR · MINIMA IN MCDU

Approach Checklist · read & respond

  1. BRIEFINGCONFIRMED
  2. ECAM STATUSCHECKED
  3. SEAT BELTSON
  4. BARO REF____ SET
  5. MDA / DH____ SET
  6. ENG MODE SELECTORAS REQUIRED

Landing Checklist · read & respond

  1. CABIN CREWADVISED
  2. A/THRSPEED / OFF
  3. AUTO BRAKEAS REQUIRED
  4. ECAM MEMOLDG — NO BLUE
  5. LDG GEARDOWN
  6. SIGNSON
  7. SPLRSARM
  8. FLAPSCONF 3 / FULL

    9. CONF 3 is the common choice on the A321 — it keeps the pitch attitude lower in the flare and the tail further from the runway.

After Landing Checklist · read & respond

  1. FLAPSRETRACTED
  2. SPOILERSDISARMED
  3. APUSTART
  4. RADAR / PWSOFF
  5. ENG MODE SELECTORNORM
  6. ANTI ICEAS REQUIRED
  7. BRAKE TEMPCHECKED
  8. EXTERIOR LIGHTSSET
  9. TRANSPONDERSTBY / AUTO

Parking Checklist · read & respond

  1. APU BLEEDON
  2. ENGINE MASTERSOFF

    3. Give the CFM56 a ~3 min cool-down at idle before shutdown after a normal landing.

  3. SEAT BELTSOFF
  4. EXTERIOR LIGHTSAS REQUIRED
  5. FUEL PUMPSOFF
  6. PARK BRK / CHOCKSAS REQUIRED

Securing the Aircraft Checklist · read & respond

  1. ADIRSOFF
  2. OXYGENOFF
  3. APU BLEEDOFF
  4. EXTERIOR LIGHTSOFF
  5. APU & BAT 1 + 2OFF

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