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Gulfstream G450 Checklists
.Procedure
Wheel Well Doors Open

1. AOA Probe / Vane — Cover Removed / Check

2. L TAT Probe — Cover Removed / Check

3. Static Ports — Cover Removed / Check

4. Ice Detection Probe — Check
5. Standby Pitot Probe — Cover Removed / Chk Damage / Corrosion

6. Forward External Switch Panel Door — Switches Off / Door Secure

 We have discovered the door can be closed even with the guarded battery switch on, so you have to check the
battery switch off.

7. Radome / EVS Window — Check

8. Pitot Probes — Covers Removed / Chk Damage / Corrosion
9. Windshield — Check

10. Nose Landing Gear (NLG) Wheel Well Area — Check

11. NLG Uplock — Open

I have heard from several people examples where someone hit the uplock with their heads or something else and
inadvertently closed this uplock. After takeoff the nose gear would not fully retract and they had to return to land.
If you find the uplock closed, you need to ensure the door pins are out, and then cycle the doors open and closed.
That should do it.
 Parking Brake Accumulator — Check (3000 PSI) Emergency
Landing Gear Extension Bottle — Check (3100 PSI)

12. NLG Safety Pin — Remove

13. NLG Door Control Valve — Pin Removed / Flight Pos. / Cover Secure
14. NLG Fairing Door / Electrical Wires / Strut — Check
15. Nose Wheel Steering Unit Overtravel Ind — Check

You should also ensure the mooring tie down is full down and safety wired to the strut. Why?

16. Taxi Lights / NLG tires — Check

17. NLG Torque Link — Pinned / Saftied

18. NLG WOW Switch — Check
 The nose gear WOW should have a thin gap. The weight on wheels switch is right of center and the steerling link
cable can get in the way if routed under the steering link, so route at least the right cable above the steering link.

19. Ice Detection Probe — Check

20. Static Ports — Cover / Removed Check

21. AOA Probe / Vane — Cover / Removed Check
22. R TAT Probe — Cover Removed / Check
23. Pressure Relief Valve / TROV / Vortex Generator — Clear / Check

24. External DC Power Door — Check / Secure

25. External AC Power Door — Check / Secure

26. PRV Static Ports — Cover Removed / Checked

27. Oxygen System Overboard Discharge Disk — Intact

[G450 Aircraft Operating Manual, §2A-35-20, ¶2.F.] The disc seals the overpressure discharge vent line of the
oxygen system. If pressure within the bottles exceeds twenty-six hundred (2600) psi through overfilling or if the
temperature of the bottles reaches two hundred twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit (225°F) or one hundred seven
degrees Celsius (107°C), an overpressure valve on the tanks will open, releasing oxygen into the overpressure
vent line and rupturing the green plastic disc sealing the line.

28. Oxygen Quantity — Checked

 The AFM now says 1500 psi is the minimum quantity, but we are told that is going to change to "recommended."
If that happens, you should check the only chart that considers passengers and crew in G450-OMS-02, pg. A-12,
to find a true minimum quantity.
You can find that chart and more at: G450 Oxygen.

29. Oxygen Service Door — Secure

30. Antennas — Check

31. Right Ice Inspection / Emergency Lights — Check

32. Window Emergency Releases / Windows — Secure

33. Right Landing Light — Check
34. Wing Vent — Clear

35. Engine Inlet / Cooling Inlet — Cover Removed / Check

36. Fuel Servicing Panel / Door — Check / Door Secure

37. Fuel Sump Drains — Check / Not Leaking Fuel

38. Beacon — Check

39. Pressure Fueling Static Port — Clear

40. Wing Leading Edge - Check

41. Fuel Tank Vent and Vortex Generator — Check

Looking inside the NACA vent you may notice an uneven gap around the connector from the vent tube to the
NACA scoop. About that . . .
 There is a round connector from the vent tubes that comes in from an odd angle from the wingtip. That connector
has to mate with an adaptor that ends in the rectangular vent. Everything is strapped down and the outer "nut" is
safety wired. I've run my finger around this thing, suspiciously, because even from inside the wing it appears to
have more of a gap inboard than outboard.
Is there something to worry about here? I don't think so. When the wing is filled this entire assembly is
submerged in fuel. If the gap was real, you would get fuel seeping from the NACA vent whenever the tanks are
full.
Just to be sure, we've checked this on several aircraft and that thing that looks like a gap appears on most G450's.
If you are worried about it, top off your tanks and shine your flashlight up the vent. Me? I'm not worried about it
(anymore).

42. Fuel Tank Plenum Drain — Check

43. NAV / Strobe Light / Wing Tip — Check

 How do you know if the strobe is okay?
See: G450 Strobe Light Fault Indicator.

44. Winglet — Check

45. Static Wicks (3) — Check

46. Aileron / Aileron Bungee / Flaps / Spoilers — Check

 Make sure you double back and check the top of the flaps for FOD inside the tracks. This has caused the flaps to
stall before. See:Gulfstream Journal 23 June 2017 for an example.

47. Main Landing Gear Fairing Door / Strut — Check

 See G450 Landing Gear Tires for a discussion on tire conditions.

48. MLG Brake Wear Indicators (Inboard / Outboard) — Check

49. MLG Tires/ Brakes — Check

50. MLG Wheel Flange Retaining Rings (Inboard / Outboard) — Check

51. MLG WOW Switch — Check

The WOW switch should be in contact with the cam:

You should also ensure the mooring tie down is full down and the retaining spring intact. Why?
 See: Gulfstream Journal April 25, 2014, "GII-G550: Amber Main Gear Door Open, L-R, Message after Gear
Retraction.

52. MLG Side Brace Actuator & Sequencing Linkage — Check

53. Flap Drive Rods — Check

54. MLG Uplock — Open

55. MLG Wheel Well Area — Check

Cannon Plugs Inside MLG Wheel Well — Check

56. Main Fuel Shutoff Valve Position — Verify Open

57. Fuel Boost Pumps — Check / No Leaks

58. Right main Landing Gear Door Control Valve — pin removed / flight position

59. MLG Safety Pin — Remove

60. Wing Anti-Icing Vents — Clear
61. Engine Cowl / Accessory Door / Vents / Exhaust — Check / Secure / Clear

62. APU Exhaust — Clear

63. Precooler Exhaust — Clear
64. Heat Exchanger Exhaust — Clear

65. Aft Fuselage Antennas — Check

66. Elevator / Rudder / Static Wicks — Check
67. Tail Cone Navigation Light / Static Wick — Check

The manuals don't tell you to check it, but there is a tail cone strobe light and it has a fault indicator, just like the
wing tips.
How do you know if the strobe is okay?
See: G450 Strobe Light Fault Indicator.

68. Heat Exchanger Exhaust — Clear

69. Precooler Exhaust — Clear
70. Engine Cowl / Accessory Door / Vents / Exhaust — Check / Secure / Clear
71. GND PWR RCPT Circuit Breaker — Check
72. GND SVR BUS Switch — ON
73. GND SVR Bus Indicator — CHECK
74. UTILITY LIGHTS Switch — ON

75. Right Battery Charger — Check

76. Hydraulic Replenisher Fluid Level / Manual Selector Valve / Pump Switch — CHECK FLUID LEVEL /
VALVE OFF / SWITCH OFF

77. Hydraulic System Reservoir Quantity — CHECK (AT HYD RESERVOIR QTY INDICATOR)
78. Oil System Reservoir Quantities — CHECK (AT FLUID QTY INDICATOR)

79. Engine Oil Replenisher Fluid Level / Manual Selector Valve — CHECK / VALVE OFF
80. Power Transfer Unit (PTU) DPI (1) — Check

NOTE: Ensure DPI is flush. If DPI is popped, reset DPI and note time in logbook. Continued operation for the
next fifty (50) flight hours is allowed. Check DPI prior to each flight.
This is the only DPI on the airplane that gives you this kind of latitude.

81. Right Hydraulic System Filter Differential Pressure Indicators (DPIs) (3) — CHECK
 It is common practice to reset any of these DPIs once if popped and not worry about it until it pops the second
time. That is an improper practice.
See G450 Hydraulics / DPIs for the reason why.

82. Main Batteries (Left and Right) — CHECK

83. APU Tailpipe — CHECK

84. AUX Hydraulic Pump / DPI (1) — CHECK

Look forward and to the left, this assembly sits underneath the aux pump itself. The DPI is seated in this photo,
you can see the red of the top of the DPI if you stick your head closer. (The camera just couldn't make the angle.)
It is common practice to reset this once if popped and not worry about it until it pops the second time. That is an
improper practice.
See G450 Hydraulics / DPIs for the reason why.

85. AUX Power Relay Box CBs (6) — CHECK

86. BLEED AIR Isolation Valve — CHECK

87. Ozone Filters (Left and Right) — CHECK

88. Air Conditioning Packs (Left and Right) — CHECK

89. Left Hydraulic System Filter DPIs (5) — CHECK

It is common practice to reset any of these DPIs once if popped and not worry about it until it pops the second
time. That is an improper practice.
See G450 Hydraulics / DPIs for the reason why.

90. Left Battery Charger — CHECK

91. Elevator Actuators (2) — CHECK
92. Rudder Actuator — CHECK

Somebody thought it was a good idea to require you check these, perhaps it is. I'm not so sure. But you really
can't see any of these actuators without crawling underneath them.
This checklist says "Elevator Actuators (2)" but other references say it is a "Elevator Dual Tandem Hydraulic
Actuator." Whatever it is, it is on the left side of the aircraft behind the bell crank. You aren't going to see the
gizmo itself unless you position yourself right under it. You can get a better look in the G450 Illustrated Parts
Catalog §27-34-05, Figure 1.
The rudder actuator is the gizmo behind the collection of hydraulic lines on the right side of the aircraft. You can
get a better look in the G450 Illustrated Parts Catalog §27-23-05, Figure 1.
 Photo: Gust lock cable and springs under elevator / rudder assembly, from Eddie's aircraft.
The book doesn't require it, but you should check the two gust lock springs and refuse the airplane if either is
broken. Why?
See: G450 Gust Lock.

93. UTILITY LIGHTS Switch — OFF

94. GND SVR BUS Switch — OFF

95. Tail Compartment Ladder / Door — SECURE / CLOSE

96. L / R Hydraulic Accumulators — CHECK (1200 PSI)

97. Ground Service Panel Door — SECURE

98. Aft Lavatory Service Door — SECURE
99. External Air Access Door — CHECK / SECURE

100. Aft Water Service Door — SECURE

101. Baggage Door — SECURE

Note: The door should be unlocked for flight — in the pictured, horizontal, position — to allow access by crash
rescue if needed.

102. MLG Wheel Well Area — Check

103. Cannon Plugs Inside MLG Wheel Well — Check

104. Main Fuel Shutoff Valve Position — CHECK

105. Fuel Boost Pumps — Check / No Leaks

106. Cockpit / Cabin Trim Air Valve Vent Elbow — Check/Clear

107. Flap Drive Rods — Check

108. MLG Uplock — OPEN

109. MLG Side Brace Actuator & Sequence Linkage — Check

110. MLG Fairing Door / Strut — Check

111. MLG WOW Switch — Check
You should also ensure the mooring tie down is full down and the retaining spring intact. Why?
See: Gulfstream Journal April 25, 2014, "GII-G550: Amber Main Gear Door Open, L-R, Message after Gear
Retraction.
112. MLG Wheel Flange Retaining Rings (Inboard / Outboard) — Check

113. MLG Tires / Brakes — Check

See G450 Landing Gear Tires for a discussion on tire conditions.

114. MLG Brakes Wear Indicators (Inboard / Outboard) — Check

115. MLG Door Control Valve — Check

Wing Anti-Icing Vents — Clear

 It isn’t in the checklist, but you checked the right vents, you might as well check the left...

116. MLG Safety Pin - Remove

117. Aileron, aileron bungee, flaps, spoilers - Check

 Make sure you double back and check the top of the flaps for FOD inside the tracks. This has caused the flaps to
stall before. See:Gulfstream Journal 23 June 2017 for an example.

118. Static Wicks (3) - Check

119. Winglet - Check
120. NAV / Strobe Light / Wing Tip - Check

How do you know if the strobe is okay? See: G450 Strobe Light Fault Indicator.

121. Fuel Tank Plenum Drain — Check

122. Fuel Tank Vent — Check

123. Wing Leading Edge — Check

124. Pressure Fueling Static Port — Check

125. Fuel Sump Drains — Check / Not Leaking Fuel

126. Engine Inlet / Cooling Inlets — Cover Removed / Check

127. Window Emergency Releases / Windows — Secure

128. Emergency Lights / Ice Inspection Lights — Check
129. Landing Light — Check
130. Wing Vent — Clear
131. Main Entrance Door / Seal — Check

132. Door Control Valve Pins / Landing Gear Safety Pins / Pitot Probe Covers — Stowed

There should be three door pins:

 There should be three gear pins:

References
Gulfstream Journal April 25, 2014, "GII-G550: Amber Main Gear Door Open, L-R, Message after Gear Retraction.
Gulfstream G450 Aircraft Operating Manual, Revision 35, April 30, 2013.
Gulfstream G450 Airplane Flight Manual, Revision 35, April 18, 2013
Gulfstream G450 Illustrated Parts Catalog, Revision 17, October 31, 2012
Gulfstream G450 Maintenance Manual, Revision 18, Dec 12, 2013
Gulfstream G450 Operating Manual Supplement, G450-OMS-02, Extended Operations (ETOPS) Guide, Revision
2, April 2, 2009
Gulfstream Journal 23 June 2017, G450 Flaps FOD
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