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In a typical AFM/POH engine-shutdown checklist, how is the engine normally stopped?

Choices

  • ✓ By bringing the mixture to idle cutoffcorrect

    Moving the mixture to idle cutoff starves the engine of fuel and stops it during a normal shutdown.

  • By turning off the master switch first

    The master is turned off after the engine stops, not to stop the engine.

  • By pulling the parking brake

    The parking brake holds the airplane; it does not stop the engine.

  • By retarding the throttle to idle and letting it stall

    Idle keeps the engine running; the mixture to idle cutoff is what stops it.

Why

A normal shutdown follows the AFM/POH checklist: set the parking brake, check the magnetos at idle, bring the mixture to idle cutoff to stop the engine, and turn the ignition off.

FAA source: Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3 Ch. 2 (Parking; Engine Shutdown)browse the reference library →

This is taught in Postflight: After Landing, Shutdown and Securing — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.

Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.

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