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Departure
Make small rudder corrections against a point at the far end to hold the centreline.
What happened: During the ground roll you drifted 16 m off the runway centreline.
Watch for: Watch runway alignment against the centreline, correcting with small rudder inputs.
See Departure Roll
Arrival
Fly the flare as one continuous check of the sink rate from 21 ft, holding back pressure steadily rather than adjusting pitch piecemeal.
What happened: The flare drifted away from its intended profile rather than tracking it smoothly from 21 ft down to touchdown.
Watch for: Watch radio altitude and VSI through the flare, aiming to arrest the sink smoothly from 21 ft to touchdown.
See Arrival Landing
Arrive slow and the sink rate at the threshold is already above schedule, the flare is short because there is no energy to extend it, and the touchdown is hard in a way that feels exactly like a late flare. Diagnosing a slow arrival as a late flare is the catastrophic misread: you respond by flaring earlier, which bleeds more speed, which makes the next one worse. The tiebreaker is threshold speed against VRef, not feel. Never diagnose a flare without it.
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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 seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,605 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,605 m of the 3,007 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 870 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight, operated by a Pilatus PC-24 VIP aircraft, began with taxiing activities, which took 8 minutes to complete, covering a distance of less than 1 nautical mile from the parking area to the runway at the departure location of SKBO El Dorado International Airport. The aircraft then took off from runway 32L. The takeoff performance was impressive, with a distance of 1,347 meters covered at 35% of the runway length, and a liftoff speed of 126 knots achieved. The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 14 °C and a gentle wind blowing at 8 knots from 40 degrees.
The enroute climb started shortly after taking off, 1 mile west of the airport, and continued up to an altitude of 43,682 feet above sea level, an increase of 34,312 feet from the initial altitude of 9,371 feet. This climb phase took 18 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 92 nautical miles. The enroute level cruise followed, lasting 8 minutes and covering a distance of 193 nautical miles, as the aircraft headed east of Landazuri in the Departamento de Santander, Colombia.
As the flight progressed, the enroute descent phase began 7 miles northwest of Cicuco in the Departamento de Bolivar, Colombia, and continued down to an altitude of 1,336 feet above sea level, a decrease of 43,072 feet from the previous altitude. This descent phase took 23 minutes to complete and covered a distance of 94 nautical miles. The final approach to the destination, the Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (SKBQ), was made from a heading of 220.0 °, with the aircraft flying at 1,249 feet above ground level and 4 nautical miles from touchdown.
The landing on runway 23 at SKBQ, which had a length of 3,007 meters, was completed satisfactorily, with a total landing distance of 1,676 meters covered, which was 56% of the runway. The touchdown point was 606 meters beyond the threshold, and the touchdown speed was 106 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth, at -30 feet per minute. However, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 10.0 meters from the centerline. The aircraft continued to roll after touchdown, with a runway rollout alignment also misaligned by 16.0 meters from the centerline.
The total flight distance was recorded to be 387 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 56 minutes, during which approximately 938 kilograms of fuel were consumed. The landing was completed in the presence of a relatively gentle temperature of 25 °C and a crosswind of 2 knots, with a headwind component of 5 knots blowing from 199 degrees.
The aircraft, a PC-24 VIP, executed a successful landing at SKBQ Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport with a score of 80.2%. The pilot initiated the final approach to runway 23 from the northeast with a heading of 220.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,249 feet above ground level (agl).
Upon landing, the aircraft touched down at 606 meters beyond the designated touchdown zone, indicating a longer than ideal touchdown distance. This situation may have been influenced by the threshold height at 77 feet agl, which was above the target height, and potentially a lower-than-ideal airspeed at touchdown, which was 106 kt, slightly below the threshold speed of 123 kt. Moreover, the touchdown speed of 106 kt suggests the pilot may have used a slightly steeper descent rate of 30 ft per minute, which would require a more precise control of speed in order to maintain a steady touch down.
The runway rollout alignment was misaligned by 16.0 meters from the centerline, indicating that the aircraft was not perfectly aligned with the runway after landing. Furthermore, the crosswind, though minimal, may have played some role in this misalignment as it was blowing at 2 kt from the southwest, opposing the direction of the runway. Despite this, the aircraft's landing distance of 1,676 meters, which equated to 56% of the runway length, suggests a decent deceleration upon landing. The local weather conditions, with a temperature of 25°C and wind blowing at 5 kt from 199°, did not appear to have a significant impact on the landing.
The pilot achieved a smooth touchdown with a relatively low touchdown rate, demonstrating good control and finesse during the landing maneuver. However, some improvements could be made to optimize the landing distance, align the aircraft with the runway centerline after touch down, and maintain the optimal airspeed at touch down.
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