Cirrus SR20 AFM study guide

SR20 G7 (Perspective Touch+)

Modules
10
Lessons
83
Questions
725

Source AFM P/N 44763-001 Rev. 1 (15 Jan 2025) + PIM P/N 44764-001 Rev. 3 (17 Nov 2025)

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General

Principal dimensions and turning clearance, the IO-390 engine and Hartzell propeller, fuel, oil, weights and loadings, and the manual's airspeed, atmosphere, power and weight-and-balance vocabulary.

  1. Principal DimensionsFree
  2. Engine, Propeller, Fuel and Oil (locked)
  3. Weights, Loadings and Weight-and-Balance Terms (locked)
  4. Airspeed Terminology (locked)
  5. Atmosphere, Power and Performance Terms (locked)

Limitations

The approved limits: airspeeds and their markings, engine, fuel and oil, instrument markings, weight, C.G. and load factors, kinds of operation equipment, altitude and occupancy, flaps, icing, autopilot, navigation and avionics limits, and the placards.

  1. Certification and Approved Operations (locked)
  2. Airspeed Limitations and Indicator MarkingsFree
  3. Engine Operating Limits (locked)
  4. Fuel Limitations (locked)
  5. Oil Grades and Engine Break-In (locked)
  6. Engine and Electrical Instrument Markings (locked)
  7. Weight, Center of Gravity and Load Factor Limits (locked)
  8. Kinds of Operation Equipment (locked)
  9. Altitude, Temperature and Occupancy Limits (locked)
  10. Flap, Icing and Autopilot Limitations (locked)
  11. Navigation and Approach Limitations (locked)
  12. Display, Traffic and Weather System Limitations (locked)
  13. Cabin, CAPS and Communication Limitations (locked)
  14. Placards (locked)

Emergency Procedures

Alerts, memory items and how soon to land; emergency speeds and glide; autopilot malfunction, emergency descent and elevator failure; fires and smoke; CAPS and spins; ditching and ground egress; engine failures and partial power; and the red CAS warnings.

  1. Emergency Basics: Alerts, Memory Items and Landing Urgency (locked)
  2. Emergency Airspeeds and GlideFree
  3. Autopilot Malfunction, Emergency Descent and Elevator Failure (locked)
  4. Fires, Smoke and Fumes (locked)
  5. CAPS Deployment and Spins (locked)
  6. Ditching, Rejected Takeoff and Ground Egress (locked)
  7. Engine Failures (locked)
  8. Partial Power Loss, Power Lever Linkage and Governor Failures (locked)
  9. Flight, Stall and Autoland Warnings (locked)
  10. Engine Warnings (locked)
  11. Electrical and Fuel Warnings (locked)

Abnormal Procedures

Cautions and advisories: communications, doors, brakes and tires, icing and IMC, air data and display miscompares, and the electrical, fuel, flap and engine cautions.

  1. Cautions, Advisories, Communications and an Open Door (locked)
  2. Brake and Tire Abnormals (locked)
  3. Icing, IMC and Air Data Abnormals (locked)
  4. Display and Sensor Abnormals (locked)
  5. Electrical Cautions (locked)
  6. Fuel System Abnormals (locked)
  7. Flap Abnormals (locked)
  8. Engine and Cabin Air Cautions (locked)

Normal Procedures

The normal speeds, preflight walk-around, engine start, taxi and run-up, takeoff, climb, cruise and leaning, descent, landing, go-around and shutdown, stalls, cold and hot weather, and noise abatement.

  1. Airspeeds for Normal Operation (locked)
  2. Preflight Inspection (locked)
  3. Before Engine Start and Engine Start (locked)
  4. Taxi and Before Takeoff (locked)
  5. Takeoff (locked)
  6. Climb, Cruise and Leaning (locked)
  7. Descent, Landing, Go-Around and Shutdown (locked)
  8. Stalls (locked)
  9. Cold Weather, Hot Weather and Noise Abatement (locked)

Performance Data

What the performance data assume, airspeed and altitude calibration, stall speeds, and the takeoff, climb, cruise, range and endurance, and landing data with their corrections.

  1. Using the Performance Data; Airspeed and Altitude Calibration (locked)
  2. Stall Speeds (locked)
  3. Takeoff Distance (locked)
  4. Climb Performance (locked)
  5. Cruise, Range and Endurance (locked)
  6. Landing Distance (locked)

Weight and Balance

The pilot's loading responsibility, the loading form from basic empty weight to takeoff condition, the loading arms and moments, and the moment limits.

  1. Loading the Airplane (locked)
  2. Loading Data and Moment Limits (locked)

Systems Description

The airframe, flight controls and trim, panel and flight instruments, flaps, landing gear and brakes, seats and doors, engine and propeller, fuel and electrical systems, lighting and cabin air, pitot-static and stall warning, autopilot and ESP, avionics, ELT and extinguisher, CAPS and Safe Return Autoland.

  1. Airframe (locked)
  2. Flight Controls and Trim (locked)
  3. Instrument Panel and Controls (locked)
  4. Flight Instruments (locked)
  5. Wing Flaps (locked)
  6. Landing Gear and Brakes (locked)
  7. Seats, Restraints and Doors (locked)
  8. Engine (locked)
  9. Power Lever, Engine Indication and Propeller (locked)
  10. Fuel System (locked)
  11. Electrical System (locked)
  12. Lighting, Heating and Ventilation (locked)
  13. Pitot-Static System and Stall Warning (locked)
  14. Autopilot and Electronic Stability and Protection (locked)
  15. Avionics (locked)
  16. ELT and Fire Extinguisher (locked)
  17. Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (locked)
  18. Safe Return Autoland (locked)

Handling and Servicing

Documents and inspections, ground handling and tie-down, tires, brakes and propeller, oil servicing and break-in, fueling and fuel sampling, batteries and ELT, and exterior and window care.

  1. Documents, Inspections and Maintenance Records (locked)
  2. Ground Handling (locked)
  3. Tires, Brakes and Propeller (locked)
  4. Oil Servicing and Engine Break-In (locked)
  5. Fueling and Fuel Sampling (locked)
  6. Batteries and ELT Servicing (locked)
  7. Exterior and Window Care (locked)

Safety Information

When CAPS is required, recommended or the pilot's call; deploying it and landing under the canopy; and the safety information for Safe Return Autoland.

  1. When to Use CAPS (locked)
  2. Deploying CAPS and Landing Under the Canopy (locked)
  3. Safe Return Autoland: Safety Information (locked)