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Maintain the centreline
A small uncorrected heading error at 40 knots becomes a metre of offset per second by 100 knots, noticed only at rotation, producing a crabbed liftoff. Root cause is nearly always eyes on the tape instead of the far end of the runway. Small heading changes displace a distant point visibly long before the nearby centreline stripes look wrong.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with five checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
At the 500 ft gate: off the runway's 3° glideslope.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,619 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 321 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
Departed from runway 23L at KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport after a 3-minute taxi that covered 2 nm. The takeoff roll measured 887 m, representing 34 % of the available runway, and the aircraft achieved liftoff speed of 120 kt. The departure weather temperature was 29 °C.
The climb phase began 1 mile west of Alcoa, Tennessee, where the aircraft ascended from 1,895 ft asl to 3,162 ft asl, a gain of 1,267 ft in 1 minute while covering 2 nm. Level cruise commenced 2 miles west of Maryville, Tennessee, lasting 10 minutes and covering 40 nm. The final approach to runway 23L approached from the northeast on heading 225.0 ° at 3 nm and 823 ft agl.
Landing on runway 23L at KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport involved a touchdown distance of 327 m and a touchdown speed of 117 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 444 fpm. The runway length was 2,625 m and the threshold height was good. The total flight distance was 49 nm, the flight time was 17 minutes, and 138 kg of fuel were consumed.
Final approach to runway 23L at KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport was conducted from the north east, with the aircraft heading 225.0° at 3 nm and 823 ft AGL. The approach was completed on the designated runway, which measures 2,625 m in length. The threshold height was noted as good, and the threshold speed was recorded at 123 kt.
Touchdown occurred at a distance of 327 m from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 117 kt. The touchdown rate was hard, measured at minus 444 fpm, and the runway touchdown alignment was described as perfect. Local weather conditions at the time of landing included a temperature of 28 °C.
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