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(11) Wing pod, navigation lights, and deice boots -- Check condition and pod tip latches closed.
(12) Static wicks (4) -- Check security and condition.
(13) Aileron and trim tab -- Check security and condition.
(14) Outboard wing fuel vent (in aileron cove) -- Check free of obstruction.
* (15) Fuel sump drains -- Check for leaks.
(16) Flaps -- Check for full retraction (approximately 0.25 inch play) and skin damage, such as
buckles, splits, dents, or distortion.
(17) Chaff dispenser -- Check number of chaff cartridges in payload module and for security and
safety pin removed.
4. Fuselage Right Side. Check as follows:
a. Fuselage right side -- Check.
* (1) General condition -- Check.
(2) Emergency light -- Check condition.
(3) AAR-57 fairing -- Check condition and secured.
(4) Flare/chaff dispenser -- Check number of lares/chaff cartridges in payload module and for
security.
(5) Beacon -- Check condition.
(6) Fuselage underside antennas -- Check condition.
(7) Tail cone access door -- Check secured.
(8) Static ports -- Check clear of obstructions.
(9) HBC-band antenna and access panel -- Check condition.
(10) Oxygen iller door -- Check secured.
(11) APR-44 antennas -- Check condition.
(12) Emergency locator transmitter antenna -- Check condition.
(13) Stabilons and static wick -- Check condition.
5. Empennage. Check as follows:
Do not attempt takeoff if the possibility of ice accumulation on the horizontal stabilizer or elevator
exists.
a. Empennage -- Check.
* (1) General condition -- Check.
* (2) Vertical stabilizer, rudder, and trim tab -- Check condition.
(3) Horizontal stabilizer, tailets, elevator, and trim tab -- Check condition.
(4) Deice boots -- Check condition.
(5) Elevator trim tab -- Verify 0 (neutral) position the elevator trim tab 0 (neutral) position is
determined by observing that the trailing edge of the elevator trim tab aligns with the trailing edge
of the elevator, while the elevator is resting against the down stops.
NOTE
Any difference between the indicated position on the trim tab position indicator and the actual po-
sition of the elevator trim tab signiies an un-airworthy condition which must be corrected prior to
light.
(6) Static wicks (18) -- Check installed.
(7) Aft left, right, and buttons EOMS -- Check condition.
(8) Position and beacon lights -- Check condition.
(9) Navigation antennas -- Check security and condition.
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