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Work on the flare
Next time
Keep the back pressure coming once the flare is established, rather than letting it stop or relax.
What happened: Sink came back after the flare had arrested it at 435 fpm, and the touchdown followed long at 1,809 ft against a 1,500 ft target. Sink returning late in the flare usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Watch the sink rate in the flare, holding it smooth all the way to touchdown rather than letting 435 fpm return.
Departure
Lower the nose and add power to accelerate back to climb speed.
What happened: Climb speed was slower than the target during the climb.
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.
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 7,776 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 1,809 ft past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Cessna Skyhawk departed PHNL Daniel K Inouye International Airport from runway 22L, achieving liftoff at 67 kt after a takeoff roll of 1,498 ft, which represented 17 % of the runway length. Ambient conditions were 60 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 269°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt headwind component.
After departure the aircraft entered a level cruise that began overhead PHNL and continued for 37 minutes, covering a distance of 72 nm before commencing descent.
The final approach to runway 04 at PHNG Kaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) Airport was executed from the southwest on a heading of 43.0° at 0 nm and an altitude of 95 ft AGL.
Landing was performed on runway 04, which is 7,776 ft long; the threshold speed was slightly above target at 64 kt. Touchdown occurred 1,371 ft down the runway at 39 kt with a vertical speed of minus 91 fpm, and the touchdown point was offset 10 ft from the centreline. Local weather reported 59 °F, wind 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt tailwind. The total landing distance measured 2,389 ft, or 31 % of the runway, and the runway rollout alignment was very good.
During rollout the aircraft remained well aligned with the centreline and decelerated safely to a stop, completing the landing phase without deviation.
The aircraft taxied from the runway to parking in 3 minutes, covering less than 1 nm.
Overall, the flight covered 74 nm, required 41 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 43 lb of fuel.
The final approach to runway 04 was flown from the south-west on a heading of 43.0° with the aircraft at 95 ft agl when the distance measured 0 nm. The local weather was 59 °F with a wind of 2 kt from 270°, a 1 kt crosswind component and a 1 kt tailwind component.
At threshold the height was reported as good and the threshold speed was slightly above the target at 64 kt.
Touchdown occurred 1,371 ft down the runway at a speed of 39 kt, both judged good, and the vertical rate was excellent at minus 91 fpm. The touchdown point was slightly misaligned, being 10 ft off the centreline.
The total landing distance was 2,389 ft, representing 31 % of the 7,776-ft runway, and the rollout alignment was very good.
To refine future performances, tighten speed control to meet the exact threshold speed target and aim for tighter centreline alignment during flare to eliminate the 10-ft offset. Maintaining these adjustments will help convert the already strong score of 89.3 % into an even higher rating.
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