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Departure
Use smaller, smoother aileron inputs to hold the climb bank angle near wings-level.
What happened: During Climb 3 the bank angle averaged 17°, well beyond a steady wings-level climb.
Watch for: Attitude indicator - bank angle, keeping it close to wings-level through the climb.
Arrival
Steepen the descent on final to bring the aircraft back down to the glideslope and cross the threshold at 50 ft.
What happened: The approach was flown off the glideslope, and crossing the threshold high like this usually carries the touchdown long.
Watch for: Watch the VASI or PAPI glideslope indication against the threshold crossing height of 50 ft.
When Vr arrives, an abrupt near-full-scale pull, pitch overshoots, a push, and an oscillation through the first 200 ft. It feels like “this aircraft is twitchy” but the actual fault happened before liftoff. The pitch trace needs to show a clean ramp during liftoff.
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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: seven checks where the approach path is 300 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.
At the 300 ft gate: glideslope 7.1° against the runway's 3.5°.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 1,567 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 496 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The aircraft taxied from the parking area to runway 21 at KFLG Flagstaff Pulliam International Airport, a movement that lasted 7 minutes and covered 4 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 21, the takeoff run measured 277 m, representing 13 % of the runway, and liftoff was achieved at 101 kt. Local conditions were a temperature of 16 °C, wind 2 kt from 270 °, with a 2 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead KFLG, ascending from 7,397 ft asl to 8,120 ft asl, a gain of 723 ft in 2 minutes while covering 7 nm.
Descent began 2 miles south of Mountainaire, descending from 8,111 ft asl to 6,187 ft asl, a loss of 1,924 ft in 3 minutes over a distance of 12 nm.
The final approach to runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport was established from the northeast on a heading of 143.0°, at 1 nm and 1,452 ft agl. The final segment saw a descent from 739 ft agl to 223 ft agl in 24 seconds, and the aircraft scored on the stabilisation gates.
Landing on runway 21, whose length is 1,568 m, occurred with a threshold height of 74 ft agl that was above target and a threshold speed of 97 kt that was slightly above target. Touchdown was recorded 471 m down the runway at a speed of 89 kt, with a touchdown rate of minus 288 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Local weather at the time was a temperature of 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 269 °, with a 1 kt cross-wind and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Total landing distance measured 1,052 m, representing 67 % of the runway, and rollout alignment was very good.
After landing, the aircraft taxied to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 32 nm, required 14 minutes, and consumed 64 kg of fuel.
The aircraft, a North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, entered the final approach to runway 21 at KSEZ Sedona Airport from the north-east on a heading of 143.0° at 1 nm and 1,452 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as unstable, being off the glideslope and off the centreline, and the descent from 739 ft agl to 223 ft agl was completed in 24 seconds; the approach was scored on the stabilisation gates.
At threshold the height of 74 ft agl was reported as well above target and the threshold speed was slightly above target at 97 kt. The aircraft continued the flare and prepared for touchdown.
Touchdown occurred 471 m down the runway, with a speed of 89 kt that was a little fast and a vertical rate of -288 fpm judged fair. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect, and the total landing distance was 1,052 m, representing 67 % of the 1,568 m runway. Local weather was 15 °C, wind 2 kt from 269°, with a 1 kt crosswind and a 1 kt headwind.
Rollout alignment was very good and the aircraft continued along the centreline to a complete stop within the remaining runway length.
The score of 68.8 % indicates room for improvement; stabilising the approach to capture the glideslope and centreline by the 1,000 ft gate will reduce the unstable-approach penalty, and reducing touchdown speed toward the target will improve the rate of descent and overall landing efficiency.
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