Bumffichh
There seems to be a variation of what are considered essential pre-landing checks in a Cessna 152. I was taught:
B - Brakes (check there is pressure, but I was told by an instructor not to do this as it could cause the parking brake to come on)
U - Undercarriage ( it's fixed - so nothing to check)
M - Mixture - (check rich unless landing in Jo'burg or Mexico City or Everest Base Camp- I would consider this essential)
F - Fuel - (if you are low on fuel you should have realised this long ago)
F- Flaps (going to be playing with them on final approach anyway)
C- Carb Heat (I always set to HOT when reducing engine power in any case)
H - Hatches (good)
H- Harnesses (fasten seat belts if you've been walking around the back of the a/c for exercise)
Another list has
Seats, Belts & Harness .... Fasten & Adjusted
Landing Light..... On (Why is this not on the other list?)
Fuel Selector.....ON (who would have turned it off in flight?)
Mixture ............ Full Rich (as above)
Carburetor Heat ON (as above) below green RPM arc (interesting)
Flaps.............. As required (as above)
The one on my iphone has just -
Seat Belts ADJUST/LOCK
Mixture RICH
Carb Heat FULL
Is the full list really essential?. At an unfamiliar airfield when one is unexpectedly requested to join base leg (and change frequency from APP to TWR at the last minute) surely a priority is flying the airplane?
(Last example from recent bimble to Oxford to pick up Molesworth 2. Made a right charlie of myself by leaving their nice new runway onto their nicely mowed grass for 50 metres or so on my landing roll - first time I've ever done that!)