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The minimum required postflight inspection of a piston-engine GA aircraft includes
Choices
no inspection — the preflight covers all needs.
Skipping postflight risks fuel contamination, wind damage, and missed maintenance.
✓ draining all sumps, recording flight time, securing the aircraft.correct
control locks, chocks/tiedown), and noting any squawks for maintenance. A proper postflight: drain fuel sumps (catch contamination overnight), record Hobbs/tach time, install control locks or tiedowns to prevent control-surface damage from wind, chock the wheels, install pitot covers, and write up any new squawks in the maintenance log. This protects the airplane and the next pilot.
a full annual inspection.
Annual inspections are scheduled, not postflight.
removing the propeller for inspection.
Propeller removal is maintenance, not pilot postflight.
Why
control locks, chocks/tiedown), and noting any squawks for maintenance. A proper postflight: drain fuel sumps (catch contamination overnight), record Hobbs/tach time, install control locks or tiedowns to prevent control-surface damage from wind, chock the wheels, install pitot covers, and write up any new squawks in the maintenance log. This protects the airplane and the next pilot.
FAA source: AFH Ch 2; AFH Chapter 2 — Ground Operationsbrowse the reference library →
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