Piper PA-28-236 DAKOTA, Pilot Operating Handbook

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PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION SECTION 1
PA-28-236, DAKOTA GENERAL
ISSUED: JUNE 1, 1978 REPORT: VB-910
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SECTION 1
GENERAL
1.1 INTRODUCTION
This Pilot’s Operating Handbook is designed for maximum utilization as an
operating guide for the pilot. It includes the material required to be furnished to
the pilot by CAR 3. It also contains supplemental data supplied by the airplane
manufacturer.
This handbook is not designed as a substitute for adequate and competent
flight instruction, knowledge of current airworthiness directives, applicable
federal air regulations or advisory circulars. It is not intended to be a guide
for basic flight instruction or a training manual and should not be used for
operational purposes unless kept in a current status.
Assurance that the airplane is in an airworthy condition is the responsibility
of the owner. The pilot in command is responsible for determining that the
airplane is safe for flight. The pilot is also responsible for remaining within the
operating limitations as outlined by instrument markings, placards, and this
handbook.
Although the arrangement of this handbook is intended to increase its
in-flight capabilities, it should not be used solely as an occasional operating
reference. The pilot should study the entire handbook to become familiar with
the limitations, performance, procedures and operational handling characteristics
of the airplane before flight.
The handbook has been divided into numbered (arabic) sections, each
provided with a “finger-tip” tab divider for quick reference. The limitations
and emergency procedures have been placed ahead of the normal procedures,
performance and other sections to provide easier access to information that may
be required in flight. The “Emergency Procedures” Section has been furnished
with a red tab divider to present an instant reference to the section. Provisions for
expansion of the handbook have been made by the deliberate omission of certain
paragraph numbers, figure numbers, item numbers and pages noted as being
intentionally left blank.