AlphaFlightCessna 172M · KLAL

N929BM Weight & Balance

Weight and balance, performance numbers, and the preflight risk assessment for this airplane. Everything you type is kept on this phone. Print it for the instructor's signature.

Flight

Airplane

From the airplane's current weight-and-balance record. Saved on this phone once set.

Weight & balance

ItemWeightArmMoment
Normal category Utility category ● takeoff  ◆ landing  ▲ zero fuel

Speeds & limits

Atmosphere & wind

Paste the METAR for the departure field to fill the altimeter, temperature and wind, or type them. Runway numbers give the crosswind and headwind components.

Departure wind

Arrival wind

Takeoff & landing data

Computed from the POH tables at the pressure altitude, temperature and takeoff weight above (interpolated between table rows, zero wind). You can overwrite any figure with the one you read from the book.

Preflight

Preflight risk assessment

Rate each item 1 to 5. A 5 is a No-Go. Total 25–49 is normal, 50–74 elevated, 75 and above high. In the elevated or high range solo flight is not authorized; on a dual flight the CFI rates the same items to transfer some of the risk.

Normal 25–49
Elevated 50–74
High 75+
Instructor signature
Student signature
Stations, limits and formulas

91.103 — Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available information concerning that flight: weather reports and forecasts, fuel requirements, alternatives available, traffic delays, and runway lengths and takeoff and landing distances. This page is a planning aid; the POH and the airplane's W&B record govern.

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Risk form