The Turbo Stationair is a six-seat airplane, and that’s exactly the trap. Fill every seat, add luggage and enough fuel for a long leg, and it’s easy to end up somewhere the weight-and-balance numbers don’t allow, even though the cabin still has room.
Weight and balance belongs in the planning, not the checklist, but the right checklist can keep the numbers in view. CheckMate Pro lets you add your airplane’s empty weight and useful load, along with your tail number and details for up to five airports you visit often, so the figures you need for loading decisions sit on the page you fly with. Those figures still have to come from your airplane’s current weight-and-balance records, and the checklist supplements, rather than replaces, the POH/AFM.
Quick answer: The CheckMate Cessna 206 F Turbo Checklist is a cockpit checklist for pilots who fly the turbocharged Cessna 206 F Stationair. It comes as CheckMate, CheckMate+ or CheckMate Pro in Standard (6.5″ x 9″) or Compact (5″ x 7″) sizes. It’s meant to supplement the airplane’s POH/AFM, not replace it, so confirm it matches your exact model, year, engine and handbook before relying on it. You can find it on Skyfarer and order it at Skyfarer Shop.
Which Turbo 206 F checklist format fits you
- CheckMate. The design that started it all, with the familiar legacy look, in Standard (6.5″ x 9″) or Compact (5″ x 7″).
- CheckMate+. An updated design aimed at better readability and safety, with passenger and crew briefing prompts, abort plan prompts and ATC communications prompts. It includes an instant low-resolution, black-and-white temporary digital download, so you have a copy to use right away. Standard (6.5″ x 9″) or Compact (5″ x 7″).
- CheckMate Pro. A personalized CheckMate+: add your tail number, name or phone number, your empty weight and useful load, and details for up to five airports you visit often. Typical production time is within 48 hours. Standard (6.5″ x 9″) or Compact (5″ x 7″).
Using it in the cockpit
- Check that it’s your airplane’s checklist. Make sure the model, year and engine match your airplane and its POH/AFM before the checklist goes into the cockpit.
- Do one side-by-side read. At home or in the hangar, read the checklist next to the POH/AFM and its supplements, and mark anything your airplane’s equipment changes. The handbook wins every disagreement.
- Use Pro for your own figures. If you order CheckMate Pro, take the empty weight and useful load from your airplane’s current weight-and-balance records, and update the checklist if equipment changes alter them.
- Choose a size that stays put. Standard is 6.5″ x 9″ and Compact is 5″ x 7″. Pick the one that fits where you’ll keep it in flight, whether that’s a kneeboard, a door pocket or your lap.
Before you rely on it
This checklist is a supplement to the POH/AFM, not a replacement for it. Treat every speed, limit and procedure on the page as something to confirm against your airplane’s own handbook and supplements, which govern.
Model year, engine and equipment can all change what applies to a given airplane. Confirm the checklist matches your exact model, year and engine, and that it agrees with your airplane’s handbook, before you rely on it in flight.
Pilot tip: A full cabin and full fuel rarely go together in a six-seater. Work the loading for each trip; don’t rely on what worked last time with different passengers.
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Where to buy
CheckMate Cessna 206 F Turbo Checklist is sold by Skyfarer Shop. Find it on the Skyfarer marketplace or order directly from Skyfarer Shop. Either link shows the current price, shipping options and return terms.
Frequently asked questions
Where should the empty weight and useful load on CheckMate Pro come from?
From your airplane’s current weight-and-balance records. Equipment changes can change those numbers, so keep the checklist in step with the records.
Does this checklist replace the POH/AFM?
No. It supplements the airplane’s POH/AFM. The handbook and its supplements govern every procedure, speed and limitation, so confirm the checklist against them before you rely on it.
What is the temporary digital download?
CheckMate+ includes an instant low-resolution, black-and-white temporary digital download, so you have something to use while the printed checklist is on its way.
How is CheckMate+ different from the original CheckMate?
CheckMate+ uses an updated design aimed at better readability and safety and adds passenger and crew briefing prompts, abort plan prompts and ATC communications prompts. The original CheckMate keeps the familiar legacy look.
