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Slow down before tight turns
Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out.
Side view — the last 5,000 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the first 5,000 ft of the 6,474 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 415 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took approximately 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Cessna Longitude, then departed from runway 18L at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT). The takeoff distance was 3,185 feet, which accounted for 37% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 63°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270°. There was no crosswind or headwind. The aircraft began its enroute climb approximately 1 mile southeast of KCLT, rising from an altitude of 1,703 feet above sea level to 25,011 feet above sea level, an increase of 23,308 feet, in 9 minutes and covering a distance of 44 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 2 miles south of Drexel, North Carolina. This phase lasted for 56 minutes and covered a distance of 427 nautical miles. The aircraft then began its enroute descent, which started overhead Danforth, Illinois. The descent from 25,000 feet above sea level to 1,979 feet above sea level, a decrease of 23,021 feet, took 14 minutes and covered a distance of 60 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 27 at Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) was made from the east, with a heading of 269.0° at an altitude of 4 nautical miles and 1,241 feet above ground level. The landing was made on a runway with a length of 6,474 feet, and the threshold height was good. The threshold speed was slightly above the target at 118 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 414 feet, but the touchdown speed of 116 knots was a little fast, and the touchdown rate was hard at -441 feet per minute. The runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centerline.
The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 62°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from a direction of 270°, with a headwind of 1 knot. The total landing distance was 1,993 feet, which accounted for 31% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took less than 1 minute and covered less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 537 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 84 minutes. Notably, the aircraft used 0 pounds of fuel during the flight.
The Cessna Longitude successfully landed at KARR Aurora Municipal Airport, achieving a score of 96.5%. The aircraft approached the runway from the east, heading 269.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,241 feet above ground level (agl). The final approach was made to runway 27, which has a length of 6,474 feet.
Upon touchdown, the aircraft's threshold height was reported as good, but the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 118 knots. This indicates that the pilot may have been slightly aggressive in their approach, but it did not significantly impact the overall performance of the landing. The touchdown distance was good at 414 feet, which is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
However, the touchdown speed of 116 knots was a little fast, which may have contributed to the hard touchdown rate of -441 feet per minute (fpm). A hard touchdown rate can be a concern as it may put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear and other components. Additionally, the runway touchdown position was slightly misaligned by 12 feet from the centreline, which may have been due to a slight deviation in the pilot's approach or a minor issue with the aircraft's navigation system.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were favorable, with a temperature of 62°F and a wind speed of 1 knot from 270°. This resulted in a negligible crosswind and a slight headwind of 1 knot, which did not significantly impact the aircraft's performance. The total landing distance was 1,993 feet, which is 31% of the runway length. This is a reasonable distance considering the aircraft's size and weight.
The runway rollout alignment was very good, indicating that the pilot maintained control of the aircraft during the rollout phase and was able to bring the aircraft to a stop in a straight line. Overall, the landing was successful, but there were a few areas for improvement, including the slightly fast touchdown speed and the hard touchdown rate.
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